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Twinsburg, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Twinsburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 44087. The Survey maps it on the Twinsburg quadrangle. 19,248 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTwinsburg grew from 18,795 to 19,248 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 | 18,795 | |
| 2020 | 19,248 | +453 (+2%) |
Then and now
1906 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 sheetsMatched 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 Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Twinsburg quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
587,390 words on this townshipHistory of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Twinsburg Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The peculiarity spoken of, which is connected with the narration of local history, consists in the writer's being required by an inexperienced and short-sighted people to give an account of occurrences which are better unrecorded, which have no special significance nor value in coming years, which are a clog to the mind of the reader while endeavoring to decipher the more important events from the general obscurity, and which are onlj' required that the}- may answer individual ends. On the other hand, the historian must be careful, must be broad of heart and mind, that he may grasp the local situation, and paint events in their true colors ; must be argus-eyed, that nothing may escape his scrutiny ; and must be honest and conscientious, that his discoveries may be truthfully recorded. He should also be a good judge of human nature, that the suggestions of selfish and bigoted people may be impartially scanned, and accepted or rejected. Events are often omitted, which, apparently, should have been given ; and again, events ave often given which should have been omitted. Human judgment is prone to err " as the sparks to fl}' upward ;" and even historians are not exceptions to this rule. It is the object in these pages to give onl}- that portion of the past that is worthy of preservation. Trifiing personal incidents, adventures and ambitions are omitted, except such as show the surroundings under which the settlers labored ; and the great mass of historical rubbish, though perhaps of present interest, is thrown aside as useless and burdensome. Onl}' those events which will be valuable twenty generations hence are designed to be given.
Passage source: History of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, published 1881.
Twinsburg is situated in the northeast corner of the county. It was originally attached to Portage County, from which it was severed when Summit Count}- was formed. LjMng as it does at the side of North field, its soil partakes largely of the valuable character of the latter. There are several valuable stone quarries lying so near the surface that a heav}- blast of powder would, apparently-, throw out hundreds of perches of the gritty sandstone. As it is, large quantities are taken out, and are used not merely in the count}-, but in adjacent counties. The township is well watered, and also well drained. In times of drought, the wells are not so liable to fail as those located on the bluffs which bound the Cuyahoga
Passage source: History of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, published 1881.
Much of the early history of this township has already been written by some of its earliest and most reliable citizens. While much of this must be repeated, not only from its value, but from the fact that it is unusually complete, new items of historical importance, which have been carefully gathered and selected, will be added. The writer has taken pains to collect additional information on those subjects which are treated quite fully by Ethan Ailing, Luman Lane and Gen. Bierce. In a few instances, those writers have made mistakes, some of which have been discovered and will be avoided. Other subjects have not been treated as thoroughly as their historical value demands, resulting no doubt from the primary nature of these records. Again, other important topics have been altogether overlooked. The writings of the above-named men are valuable, and ai'e mainly followed.
Passage source: History of Summit County, with an Outline Sketch of Ohio, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Twinsburg Township - it names this place 105 more 105 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 606 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 606 specimens collected within 10 miles of Twinsburg between 1877 and 1972: 584 Animalia, 11 Fungi, 11 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, Adams J. M. R., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | C. Rutter | Cuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio |
 | Sphaerium simile (Say, 1817) | 1928 | not recorded | Brandywine Brook, Hudson, North America |
 | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
 | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | B. Sanford | Hudson |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1889 | Reade M. C. | Hudson |
 | Scolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1892 | Beryl Hodge | Hudson |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio |
 | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula |
 | Onoclea sensibilis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B. | Western Reserve; Berea |
 | Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev. | 1897 | Read M. | Hudson |
 | Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P.Kumm. | 1898 | Read, M. C. | Hudson |
All 606 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Twinsburg: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon Sand and Rock, Inc. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Silica, Incorporated Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Twinsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twinsburg in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Flood | Twinsburg | $300,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to a rapid rise in the Cuyahoga River in Summit County which reached moderate flood stage at Old Portage. One to two inches of rainfall fell during the overnight hours of the 27th into the 28th, and combined with six to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground resulted in rapid runoff. Several people had be rescued from homes and vehicles as the water came up. One rescue worker suffered hypothermia rescuing a motorists floating away in flood waters in Northfield Center. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Twinsburg | $200,000 | Around 20 basements flooded, some street flooding with road closures, including OH-82 between Cannon Road and Depot Road in Twinsburg. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Twinsburg | $50,000 | Road closures due to flooding, including Nautilus Trail and Pirates Trail, in Reminderville. A few reports of basement flooding as well. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $30,000 | A tree fell on a house causing some structural damage. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs in and around Twinsburg. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Twinsburg | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Twinsburg | $10,000 | The public reported quarter size hail in Twinsburg. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large limbs near Reminderville. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Cuyahoga Falls and several large limbs in Twinsburg. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $3,000 | The Sheriff reported a couple trees down in Twinsburg. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $2,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Twinsburg | - | Liberty Road and Cannon Road in Twinsburg closed due to flooding. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | - | Trees downed in Twinsburg. |
| December 2023 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Hail up to penny-size about one mile NNE of Twinsburg. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | - | Multiple trees snapped about three-miles SSE of Twinsburg. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Penny to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated by an off duty NWS meteorologist. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Twinsburg | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 miles per hour. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Twinsburg | - | no account filed |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twinsburg Heights | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bosworth (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Reminderville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Macedonia | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Western Reserve Estates | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Springs | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Little York | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wheelock (historical) | 4.6 miles | 15 |
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 Twinsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q431254 | 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 1061716. 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.