Local events in Wellington
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Deep dives about Wellington
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History from Wellington
People and inventions tied to this place, each with its sources. All people · All inventions
How Wellington began
Wellington's first settlers arrived in 1818 and the township was organized and named in 1821, when, according to a 1916 county history, the right to name it was auctioned to whoever would chop out the most roadway; the winner's choice, 'Charlemont,' did not suit the others, who took over his job, and 'Wellington' was agreed on, some honoring the Duke of Wellington and others William T. Welling, one of the first five settlers. The village was incorporated in 1855. The village became nationally known three years later as the site of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue on September 13, 1858, when abolitionists -- many from nearby Oberlin -- stormed the American House Hotel (the 1879 county history calls it the Wadsworth House) and freed the fugitive John Price from federal custody. By the late 1800s Wellington had also built a reputation as the 'Cheese Capital of the World,' a title still marked today by a local Heritage Cheese Festival.
Settled 1818, platted township organized 1821, incorporated August 6, 1855, by first settlers of 1818; village organized under the persistence of Dr. D. Z. Johns, who brought the railroad.
Where the name comes from
Wright's 1916 county history says that in 1821 the honor of naming the township was put up for the highest bid, the bid being an offer to chop out roadway; Charles Sweet bid eighty rods and named it Charlemont, which the others did not want, so they offered to do his job for him if he gave up the name. He agreed, and Wellington was chosen to the satisfaction of all, some favoring it in admiration of the Iron Duke and others to honor their neighbor William T. Welling, one of the first five to arrive.
Before the town
No Native American village, trail, or site specific to Wellington is documented.
Timeline
- — Wellington earns the nickname 'Cheese Capital of the World.'
- — The first settlers, among them Hamlin, Wilcox and Clifford from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, arrive in the township and settle near the center.
- — Wellington Township is organized, and its name, chosen after a bidding contest to chop out roadway, is adopted by the center village.
- — The Rev. Lot B. Sullivan and the Rev. Alfred Betts organize the church of Wellington, now the First Congregational Church, with ten charter members.
- — Wellington Lodge No. 127 of the Free and Accepted Masons is established, with Jabez L. Wadsworth as first master.
- — The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, brought through the center of the township largely by the persistence of Dr. D. Z. Johns, enters the township in summer; the same year Mary Ann Adams opens the first school of high grade.
- — Wellington's municipality is organized on August 6, 1855; the first corporate election is held December 3 and John M. Swift is chosen mayor.
- — A group of men, many from Oberlin, swarm the American House Hotel (called the Wadsworth House in the 1879 county history) in Wellington and free the fugitive John Price from a U.S. marshal in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue; 37 men were later indicted.
- — A fire destroys the west side of Main Street's business block, five stores and their contents.
- — The federal trials over the Rescue begin with Simeon Bushnell, convicted of driving the buggy that carried John Price to freedom and sentenced to sixty days and a $600 fine; Charles Langston is convicted next and sentenced to twenty days and a $100 fine.
- — Population recorded at approximately 1,029.
- — The charter for the National Bank of Wellington is issued, with S. S. Warner as first president and R. A. Horr as cashier.
- — C. W. Horr builds the first cheese factory in Lorain County, in Huntington Township, and the Wellington Enterprise is established.
- — Twelve citizens found a library by subscription in a single day's canvass.
- — Wellington ships 6,465,674 pounds of cheese and 1,001,661 pounds of butter, worth about $800,000, to markets as far as Liverpool and Glasgow.
- — A large town hall with an auditorium is built, making Wellington a Chautauqua center.
- — The village waterworks, costing about $50,000, is completed.
- — Governor-elect Myron T. Herrick deeds the new Herrick Library, built on the site of the hotel of the Rescue, to the township trustees.
- — Wellington's census population is 4,802, up from 4,140 in 1990.
- — Population recorded at 4,799.
Stories
How Wellington got its name
Wellington's name was settled by auction, not by the village. In 1821, when the township was organized, the honor of naming it was put up for the highest bid, and the bid was an offer to chop out roadway. Charles Sweet offered eighty rods and won; he named it Charlemont, which the rest did not like. They offered to do Sweet's chopping for him if he would give up the name, he agreed, and Wellington was chosen, some favoring it for the Iron Duke and others for William T. Welling, one of the first five to come. The center village took the township's name. Wellington was incorporated as a village on August 6, 1855, and three years later, on September 13, 1858, a crowd of about 37 men, many of them from Oberlin, freed the fugitive John Price from a U.S. marshal there in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue.
Wellington cheese
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad made Wellington the center of a dairy region. Soon after it was finished, R. A. Horr, then living in Huntington, began buying and shipping cheese; B. G. Carpenter opened the first cheese warehouse, and others followed. In 1866 C. W. Horr built the first cheese factory in Lorain County in Huntington Township. By 1878 more than forty cheese and butter factories delivered their products to Wellington dealers, and that year the town shipped over six million pounds of cheese and a million of butter, worth about $800,000; one firm sent Horr to Europe to arrange shipments to Liverpool and Glasgow. The 1879 county history said the industry employed thousands directly and indirectly and that Wellington cheese was found in almost every non-dairy part of the country. The Wikipedia entry records the nickname 'Cheese Capital of the World' for the late nineteenth century.
The library on the Rescue site
Wellington's first library was a joint stock affair, started between 1840 and 1850 and sold off during the Civil War. In 1873 twelve citizens resolved to start another and held a one-day canvass for subscribers, from seven in the morning to six at night, in a storm, with the losing team to pay for a banquet for all twelve. In 1886 the stockholders gave the library to the township. In 1902 Myron T. Herrick, a former townsman, bought the hotel property on the public square and had a library built for 10,000 to 12,000 volumes on the site. In January 1904, as governor-elect, he came from Cleveland with friends on a bitter cold day and handed the deed to the township trustees at the opera house. A trustee noted that the building stood on the site of the hotel of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue case.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org · archive.org
Historic places
2 places in Wellington on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Mosher HouseBuilding · Wellington · listed 1979
- Address
- S of Wellington on OH 58, Wellington Township
- Where
- Wellington, Lorain County · ZIP 44090
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79003887
- Coordinates
- 41.15356, -82.21739
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Old St. Patrick's ChurchBuilding · Wellington · listed 1979
- Address
- 512 N. Main St.
- Where
- Wellington, Lorain County · ZIP 44090
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79001890
- Coordinates
- 41.17429, -82.21646
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant The water here
- Rural Lorain Co. Water A52% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
- Wellington Village47% of residentsCharlemont Creek, via Wellington Upground Reservoir
- Pheasant Run Association1% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Wellington's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 power plant, 1 high-hazard dam, 3 public schools, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 1 Superfund site, 7 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Elms Retirement Village Inc5 of 5 stars · Wellington
- Address
- 136 S Main St, Wellington, OH 44090
- Certified beds
- 60
- Residents on an average day
- 50
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 647-2414
- Medicare ID
- 366118
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Wellington Community Fire DistrictWellington
- Address
- 202 Kelly Street, Wellington, OH 44090
- Coordinates
- 41.17041, -82.21894
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Power plants (1)
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WellingtonPetroleum · 1 MW
- Capacity
- 1 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Wellington, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 1998
- EIA plant code
- 7878
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.
High-hazard dams (1)
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Wellington Upground ReservoirCharlemont Creek - Offstream · condition: fair
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 08/22/2024)
- River or stream
- Charlemont Creek - Offstream
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 35 ft
- Storage
- 4,632 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1972
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Lorain County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Wellington
- Last inspection
- 12/13/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00774
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.
Public schools (3)
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Mccormick Middle School2 of 5 stars · Wellington
- Address
- 627 S Main St, Wellington, OH 44090
- School district
- Wellington Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 362
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 26
- Report card, 2025-26
- 2 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 67.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 022244
- NCES school ID
- 390456502321
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Wellington High School4 of 5 stars · Wellington
- Address
- 629 N Main St, Wellington, OH 44090
- School district
- Wellington Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 258
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 16
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 74.4%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 97.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 061317
- NCES school ID
- 390456502322
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Westwood Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Wellington
- Address
- 305 Union St, Wellington, OH 44090
- School district
- Wellington Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 274
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 14.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 71.2%
- Ohio building IRN
- 040881
- NCES school ID
- 390456502323
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Public libraries (1)
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Herrick Memorial Public LibraryCentral library · Wellington
- Address
- 101 Willard Memorial Square, Wellington, OH 44090
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Herrick Memorial Public Library
- Open
- 2,787 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 8,908 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 15,548
- System's loans, FY2024
- 73,814
- People the system serves
- 9,650
- Phone
- (440) 647-2120
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Pittsfield Township Historical SocietyHistorical society · Wellington
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Wellington
- Coordinates
- 41.14440, -82.23588
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Southern Lorain County Historical SocietyHistorical society · Wellington
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Wellington
- Coordinates
- 41.17010, -82.21756
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Wellington Police DepartmentWellington
- Address
- 117 Willard Memorial Square, Wellington, OH 44090
- Coordinates
- 41.16778, -82.21682
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Superfund sites (1)
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Sunoco Pipeline Wellington OhioSuperfund program · Wellington
- Address
- 105 Maple, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000510698
- EPA registry ID
- 110067352634
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (7)
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Forest City Technologies IncToxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 401 Magyar St, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44090FRSTC401MA
- EPA registry ID
- 110000386127
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Forest City Technologies IncToxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 230 Maple St, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4409WFRSTC23MAP
- EPA registry ID
- 110004571918
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Forest City Technologies Plant 1Toxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 299 Clay St, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4409WFRSTC299CL
- EPA registry ID
- 110009652394
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lesco Inc. Wellington PlantToxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 601 S. Main St., Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
- EPA program ID
- 44090LSCNC621ST
- EPA registry ID
- 110000386136
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sectional Stamping IncToxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 350 Maple St, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4409WSCTNL35MAP
- EPA registry ID
- 110054601793
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sectional Stamping IncToxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 350 Maple St, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44090SCTNL35MAP
- EPA registry ID
- 110025332799
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sterling Foundry, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Wellington
- Address
- 201 Erie Street, Wellington, OH 44090
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44090STRLN201ER
- EPA registry ID
- 110009607906
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2023-03-10 · Wellington
- Reported
- 2023-03-10
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 20 gallons
- Where
- Wellington, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000372
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Wellington, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44090 Wellington | 43% | Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant | 4.1 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1974 | Wellington Exempted Village · 3 stars overall | 3.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Wellington, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council | Gene Hartman 512, 35.68%; Gary Feron 481, 33.52%; Keith Rowland 442, 30.8% |
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council | Derek Brasee 521, 70.41%; Stephen D. Boham 219, 29.59% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
The county
Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Wellington, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.44 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 35.3 in
- 1.7 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 27.3 in
- a normal year brings 46.4 in
- a normal year
- 39.6 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.44 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 4.00 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 4.54 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.19 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.06 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.75 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.83 | 0.1 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.31 | 0.3 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.56 | 5.8 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.67 | 21.2 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.16 | 8.5 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.50 | 1.8 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 57.2 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 18.3 in |
| Snowiest year | 2005 — 75.4 in |
| Wettest day on record | 24 August 2023 — 4.22 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 9 November 1913 — 15.63 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 9 November 1913 — 22.01 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Wellington, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,454 days of records, 1893-04-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Wellington: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 27
- those placed on the map inside Wellington
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| State sewer loans | 9 |
| Hazardous waste | 7 |
| State water loans | 5 |
| Air pollution | 2 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 2 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| FOREST CITY TECHNOLOGIES INC PLANT NO 4 | Air pollution report | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water letter | |
| WELLINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| SECTIONAL STAMPING DBA SHILOH IND WELLINGTON MFG | Hazardous waste director's orders | |
| SECTIONAL STAMPING DBA SHILOH IND WELLINGTON MFG | Hazardous waste director's orders | |
| WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Wellington, Ohio in?
Wellington is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, with 4,799 residents.
When was Wellington, Ohio founded?
Wellington was settled 1818; laid out township organized 1821; incorporated August 6, 1855. Founders on record: first settlers of 1818; village organized under the persistence of Dr. D. Z. Johns, who brought the railroad. Source
How did Wellington, Ohio get its name?
Wright's 1916 county history says that in 1821 the honor of naming the township was put up for the highest bid, the bid being an offer to chop out roadway; Charles Sweet bid eighty rods and named it Charlemont, which the others did not want, so they offered to do his job for him if he gave up the name. Source
What ZIP code is Wellington, Ohio?
Most of Wellington is in ZIP code 44090.
Where does Wellington, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Wellington (Rural Lorain Co. Water A): Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant.
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