Local events in Wintersville
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How Wintersville began
Wintersville was laid out by John Winters about 1831 and named for him, although the settlement's very first house had already been built somewhat earlier by David Freelin. Winters put up the first frame building, a hotel, with carpentry work by James McCoy, and kept the first store; Robert McCoy ran the first post office and second store. A post office operated under the Wintersville name from 1831 until 1901. The village straddles the line between Cross Creek and Island Creek townships in central Jefferson County, a few miles west of Steubenville, and by 1840 held 107 residents -- a figure that had actually fallen to about 75 by 1880, the 1880 county history noting flatly that its 'close proximity to Steubenville renders it unfit for business' and that the village was 'going downwards.' Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raiders passed through the area in 1863 during Morgan's Raid, the northernmost Confederate incursion of the Civil War. Wintersville's fortunes reversed entirely in the twentieth century as Steubenville's population spread outward: it rose from about 1,950 residents in 1950 to a peak of roughly 4,921 in 1970, and has declined gradually since to 3,765 at the 2020 census.
Settled c. 1831 (John Winters; the settlement's first house was built somewhat earlier by David Freelin), platted c. 1831, incorporated date not found in sources reviewed, by John Winters.
Where the name comes from
Named for its founder, John Winters, who laid out the settlement about 1831 and built its first frame building, a hotel (carpentry by James McCoy).
Before the town
No source reviewed names a specific Native American village, mound or documented encounter within Wintersville itself. The village lies within Cross Creek and Island Creek townships, both settled only after the Treaty of Fort McIntosh (1785) and Treaty of Greenville (1795) had extinguished Native title to the area. The township's record includes a documented link between an early Cross Creek settler and the 1774 killing of the Mingo leader Logan's family at Yellow Creek.
Nations recorded here: Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Wyandot, Shawnee.
Timeline
- — John Winters lays out Wintersville and builds its first frame building, a hotel; a post office opens the same year, with Robert McCoy as first postmaster and keeper of the second store.
- — Village population is recorded at 107.
- — Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raiders pass through the Wintersville area during Morgan's Raid.
- — Population has fallen to about 75; the county history attributes the decline to Wintersville's closeness to Steubenville, which it says 'renders it unfit for business,' leaving three small groceries, two blacksmith and wagon shops, a doctor and a preacher.
- — The Wintersville post office, open since 1831, closes.
- — Village population stands at about 1,950.
- — Village population peaks at approximately 4,921 as Steubenville's postwar growth spills outward into Wintersville.
Stories
A village that shrank before it grew
Wintersville's modern identity as a booming Steubenville suburb obscures a much bleaker nineteenth-century story. John Winters laid out the town about 1831 -- though David Freelin had already built the very first house there -- and put up a frame hotel with carpentry work by James McCoy, while Robert McCoy ran the post office and a second store. The village reached 107 residents by 1840, but by the time the 1880 county history was compiled it had shrunk to no more than 75, and the historian did not mince words about why: 'Its close proximity to Steubenville renders it unfit for business,' the account states, adding that the village was simply 'going downwards,' left with three small groceries, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one doctor and one preacher. That verdict would prove spectacularly wrong within a lifetime. As Steubenville's mid-twentieth-century industrial population looked for room to build new houses, Wintersville absorbed the outward growth its closeness to the city had once seemed to doom it for, expanding nearly two and a half times over between 1950 and its 1970 peak of about 4,921 residents -- becoming, in effect, the county's first true suburb precisely because of the proximity an earlier generation had called a curse.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org
Water
Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto The water here
- Wintersville Village46% of residentsOhio River
- Steubenville, City Of29% of residentsOhio River
- Jefferson Co. W and S District- A24% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Jefferson Co. W&s District- O0% of residentsOhio River
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Wintersville's boundary: 1 health center, 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 1 private school, 1 police station and 7 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Community health centers (1)
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Family Medical Care Community Health Center - Jefferson CountyHealth center · Steubenville
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Steubenville
- Coordinates
- 40.37978, -80.70498
Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.
Nursing homes (1)
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Sienna Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation1 of 5 stars · Wintersville
- Address
- 250 Cadiz Road, Wintersville, OH 43953
- Certified beds
- 88
- Residents on an average day
- 82
- Medicare overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- CONTINUING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (740) 264-5245
- Medicare ID
- 366331
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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Wintersville Volunteer Fire DepartmentWintersville
- Address
- 286 Luray Drive, Wintersville, OH 43953
- Coordinates
- 40.38109, -80.70417
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.
Public schools (1)
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Indian Creek High School4.5 of 5 stars · Wintersville
- Address
- 200 Park Dr, Wintersville, OH 43953
- School district
- Indian Creek Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 567
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 34.22
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 82.4%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 93.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 041848
- NCES school ID
- 390478003004
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.
Private schools (1)
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Jefferson County Christian SchoolPrivate, conservative Christian · Wintersville
- Address
- 125 Fernwood Rd, Wintersville, OH 43953
- Kind
- conservative Christian
- Students, 2023-24
- 211
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 15.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.9735
- Phone
- (740) 275-4326
- NCES private school ID
- A1903449
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Police stations (1)
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Wintersville Police DepartmentWintersville
- Address
- 200 Grove Street, Wintersville, OH 43953
- Coordinates
- 40.37658, -80.69964
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.
Spills reported since 2021 (7)
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2024-11-30 · Cross Creek Twp
- Reported
- 2024-11-30
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Where
- Cross Creek Twp, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2411EPA0001958
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Human2024-04-29 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2024-04-29
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000708
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-04-25 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2024-04-25
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000688
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-04-18 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2024-04-18
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road); Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All); Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000654
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2023-08-24 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2023-08-24
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Largest amount reported
- 900 gallons
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001474
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-06-23 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2023-06-23
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 35 gallons
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0001042
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
-
Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2022-11-11 · Wintersville
- Reported
- 2022-11-11
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Where
- Wintersville, Jefferson County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2211EPA0001688
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 Wintersville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43953 Cross Creek Township and Steubenville | 32% | Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto | 4.6 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1961 | Indian Creek Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Wintersville, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2024: 1 of 1 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 17: WINTERSVILLE POLICE PROTECTION | 1,279 | 758 | Passed (62.79% for), unofficial |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council | Gael Damron 596, 42.91%; Pennie Scarpone 793, 57.09% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Mike Petrella 1,044, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Brad Degenkolb 526, 17.29%; Carmen DeStefano 578, 19.0%; Jason Mattern 596, 19.59%; Bob Merriman 723, 23.77%; Randy Spence 619, 20.35% |
| 2021-11-02 | Mayor | Robert Martin Sr. 506, 44.5%; Mike Petrella 631, 55.5% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-07-31
The county
Jefferson County: 21 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 67,859 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Wintersville, day by day, from 1878 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.74 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 41.9 in
- 4.8 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 24.9 in
- a normal year brings 24.0 in
- a normal year
- 43.6 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.74 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 5.69 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 8.85 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.06 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.55 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.00 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 4.04 | 0.0 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 6.37 | 2.5 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.25 | 3.4 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.33 | 19.0 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.53 | 17.5 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.12 | — | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2018 — 72.5 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1930 — 25.7 in |
| Snowiest year | 1960 — 67.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 July 1943 — 5.04 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 6 February 1878 — 15.98 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 18 February 2010 — 26.99 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Wintersville - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
51,266 days of records, 1878-02-01 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 Wintersville: 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
- 17
- those placed on the map inside Wintersville
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 8 |
| State sewer loans | 8 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| WINTERSVILLE VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water permit |
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 Wintersville, Ohio in?
Wintersville is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, with 3,777 residents.
When was Wintersville, Ohio founded?
Wintersville was settled c. 1831 (John Winters; the settlement's first house was built somewhat earlier by David Freelin); laid out c. 1831; incorporated date not found in sources reviewed. Founders on record: John Winters. Source
How did Wintersville, Ohio get its name?
Named for its founder, John Winters, who laid out the settlement about 1831 and built its first frame building, a hotel (carpentry by James McCoy). Source
What ZIP code is Wintersville, Ohio?
Most of Wintersville is in ZIP code 43953.
Where does Wintersville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Wintersville (Wintersville Village): Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto.
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