Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Kent, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Kent City. It lies in ZIP code area 44240. It stands on Nash Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kent quadrangle. 28,215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Kent within Portage County

Population over time

2 figures

Kent fell from 28,904 to 28,215 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	28,904
2020	28,215	-689 (-2%)

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kent, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Kent, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

First Universalist Church, 228 Gougler Street, Kent, Portage County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Franklin Township Hall, 218 Gougler Avenue, Kent, Portage County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Kent State University, Taylor Hall, Midway Drive, Kent, Portage County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 772 shown

Museums hold 772 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kent between 1883 and 1975: 498 Animalia, 234 Plantae, 33 Fungi, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. K. Wyatt and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison	1910	Rankin; H.H. Whetzel
Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr.	1910	H.H. Whetzel
Valsaria exasperans (W.R.Gerard) Sacc.	1910	Whetzel; Rankin
Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898	1883	John C. Catlin	Ravenna
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1883	John C. Catlin	Ravenna
Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.	1884	Czekaj
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)	1889	C. P. Streator	Ravenna
Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)	1893	A. Woolman	Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
Cambarus propinquus Girard, 1852	1893	Woolman	Cuyahoga River, Kent
Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)	1893	A. Woolman	Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846	1893	A. Woolman	Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819	1893	A. Woolman	Kent, Ohio

All 772 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kent: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brimfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Brimfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Donald Wartko Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Donald Wartko Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hilltop Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Howitt Plant & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Hugo Sand Co. Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Karg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Karg Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Lappins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Portage County

Storms nearby

34 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Kent in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$1,500,000	A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated at 85 to 95 mph hit the west side of Kent. The area affected by the downburst was one quarter wide mile and approximately a mile in length. Several hundred trees and 40 power poles were downed. A total of 25 homes were damaged including four that were declared unhabitable. In addition, a camper and over a dozen automobiles were crushed by fallen trees. Widespread power outages occurred and a state of emergency was put in effect because of the widespread and severe damage.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Kent	$300,000	Widespread flash flooding in Kent and Ravenna. Several roads flooded and impassable with several feet of standing water, including OH-59 between downtown Ravenna and OH-44. Dispatch received 30 calls to assist motorists stranded in flood waters. Widespread basement flooding reported. Radar estimates and gauge measurements indicate 3 to 3.25 inches of rainfall in a two hour period.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$60,000	Thunderstorm winds downed between 15 and 20 trees in Kent and surrounding Franklin Township. Two houses in Kent were damaged by fallen trees. Both houses sustained roof damage with one also having a wall knocked down.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$50,000	There were numerous reports of wind damage to structures and trees. Several cars were damaged due to flying debris and falling trees..
July 2008	Hail	Kent	$50,000	Half dollar size hail was observed. Many vehicles sustained minor damage.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$35,000	Thunderstorm winds downed around a dozen trees and damaged the roof of a house.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in the Kent area. Some power outages were also reported.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed many trees on the west side of Kent.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$5,000	Members of the public and social media indicated tree damage in Kent. Two trees were downed on Riverbend Trail and three trees were downed in Artemis Drive Park.
July 2008	Hail	Kent	$5,000	Quarter size hail was reported.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$5,000	Several trees and large limbs were reported down from Kent to Ravenna.
September 2002	Hail	Kent	$5,000	Quarter size hail was observed two miles south of Kent.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$5,000	Trees and limbs were downed, some on power lines and blocking streets.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$4,000	A tree and large limb were reported down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$4,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled two large trees.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$4,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$3,000	A tree and a few large limbs were reported down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$3,000	A few trees were reported down.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	$1,500	Trees downed in Kent. One downed tree damaged a shed.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Tree downed in Kent.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Numerous trees downed in Kent.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Trained spotter's personal weather station recorded a peak convective gust of 80 mph about 1.5-miles southwest of Kent. Numerous large trees were snapped in the area.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Trees downed in Franklin Township, about one-mile northwest of Kent.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Tree downed onto three vehicles on Kent State University Campus.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Trained spotter reported peak gust of 58 mph from thunderstorm.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	A tree was blocking West Grant Street.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Kent	-	Several trees were blown down.
September 2012	Hail	Kent	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
August 2011	Hail	Kent	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2009	Hail	Kent	-	Penny size hail was reported.
April 2005	Hail	Kent	-	Nickel size hail was observed.
September 2002	Hail	Kent	-	Dime size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Portage County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brady Lake	2.2 miles	14
Earlville	2.4 miles	14
Twin Lakes	3.4 miles	14
Sugar Bush Knolls	3.6 miles	14
Brimfield	3.7 miles	11
Brimfield Station	3.8 miles	11
Black Horse	4.5 miles	14
Birchwood Manor	4.9 miles	14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Kent	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q989949	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064928. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.