BlockWadsworth, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wadsworth City. It lies in ZIP code area 44281. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle. 24,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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On record in Wadsworth
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
St. Mark's Episcopal Churchlisted 1973- Wadsworth Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2024
Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 12 of 20 shown
- Cooper ShopCooper Shop, in the atlas of 1893 to 1901
- Disciples ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893 to 1901
- Erie R. R. DepotDepot, in the atlas of 1901 to 1908
- Mennonite ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1901 to 1908
- Methodist Episcopal ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893 to 1908
- Opera HouseOpera House, in the atlas of 1901 to 1908
- Stevenson, R., Carriage WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1893 to 1901
- Trinity Reformed ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893 to 1901
- Barnes, J. A., Clatch Pulley WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1893
- Congregational ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893
- Creider HotelHotel, in the atlas of 1908
- Dutt, E. W., WarehouseWarehouse, in the atlas of 1908
Population over time
2 figuresWadsworth grew from 21,567 to 24,007 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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 | 21,567 | |
| 2020 | 24,007 | +2,440 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed 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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,907 words on this townshipHistory of Medina County and Ohio, Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Medina County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Pioneer Incidents, Its Growth, Its Improvements, Organization of the County ... Biographical Sketches; Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc., Etc. .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Wadsworth City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
D. E. CRAXZ, physician, Wadsworth ; was , born Oct. 31. 1854 ; is a son of William and Mary (Druschal) Cranz. the latter a native of Pennsylvania, the former of Germany - both, however, moving to this State in early life, residing, after marriage, in Holmes Co. for several years, afterward moving to Summit Co., where they now reside. Dr. Cranz enjoyed the advantages of a district school until about 17 years of age, and afterward attended Buchtall , College, at Akron, two years, beginning the i study of medicine with Dr. Childs, with whom j he studied four years, graduating, in the meantime, at Hahnemann Medical College. Chicago, 1 111., in February, 1877, and locating. March 14, ! 1877, in Wadsworth, where he has been practicing ever since, being the only homoeopathic physician in the place, and has established a I large practice. He was married. Feb. 26, 1880. j to Mary E. Butts, born July 28. 1857, whose ! parents were John and Mary Ann (Leacock) ; Butts, who were natives of Pennsylvania. i They moved to this county in 1852, and en- : gaged in hotel-keeping at Wadsworth until about 1864, when the mother died. The father then went to Ashland, where he engaged in the 1 ! restaurant business. Mrs. Butts embraced the opportunity for educating herself, attending the Presbyterian Institute at Wyoming. Penn.; j also, the Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston. Penn. Dr. Cranz is a member of the Reformed Church ; his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal | Church. Both are consistent Christians, and esteemed by their neighbors.
THOMAS' JEFFERSON D AGUE, minister, ; Wadsworth. Hague's Collegiate Institute is very pleasantly located in the village of Wadsworth. Its grounds consist of about 10 acres I of land, a part of which is beautifully laid out j in walks and drives, and ornamented with ever- | greens and other trees, and clusters of shrubs j and tlowers. The main building is a massive brick, 65x35 feet, three stories high above the basement, and contains about thirty rooms. : The first floor is devoted to the use of the school, for recitation and waiting rooms ; the i second contains the chapel and family rooms of the Principal ; the third is devoted to the use of the assistant teachers and boarding students. The original cost of the property was about Si 7,000. The total expenses of a student boarder in any department, exclusive of books, clothing and traveling expenses, are 8200. The institute was organized in 1S7G. at Chillicothe. Ohio, and graduated its first class in 1S77. The object of the institute is threefold: 1. To prepare young men most thoroughly for admission to our best colleges. 2. To provide a thorough course of collegiate instruction for young ladies.
He afterward attended the village school, when 8 years of age, when his father purchased the : old Griswold farm, in Norton. Summit Co., Ohio, J L near Western Star. He there attended the public school during the winter, his summers being spent on the farm, until his ISth year, when he set out as a teacher, his first school being near Arlington, Hancock Co.. Ohio, in an old log barn, at 822.50 a month without board. During this winter, the political troubles of the country reached their climax, and the war for the Union broke out. Fired with the enthusiasm of the times, he enlisted on the 22d of August following, as a private soldier in Company G, 120th 0. V. I., but was taken severely ill at Camp Mansfield, and was allowed to return home on furlough, where he remained for months, just on the verge between life and death. Iu the month of July. 1803, he rejoined the regiment in the rear of Vicksburg, arriving just the day before the surrender. From this time on. he served in the ranks, participating in the battles at Jackson, Miss., Snaggy Point, La., and Blakel}', Ala. He was one of those on board the ill-fated steamer City Belle, but was fortunate enough to make good his escape ; he was then transferred to the 104th O. V. I., and afterward to the 48th 0. V. V. I., where he remained until the expiration of his term of service ; he was mustered out on the 14th day of October. 1865. Engaged in business in the South until the fall of 1S66, when ill-health obliged him to return North. During the whole of his arm}' life, his fondness for books and study never left him, and even on the most tiresome marches there was found a place in his knapsack for his favorite books. He was also a regular correspondent of the press. Upon his return home, he devoted himself to teaching in the public schools for a time, and then opened a private academy in Doylestown. In the fall of 1869, he closed his institution, and entered as a student of Miami University, from which place he was graduated as a Bachelor and Master of Arts, in June, 1873. On the 26th of December preceding this event, he was married to Miss Martha Josephine Reid, daughter of the late Andrew' Reid. Esq., and Sarah C. Kelso, of Rockbridge, Ya. Immediately upon his graduation, he was elected Principal of the Old Salem Academy, which position he occupied nearly four years, when he resigned his position, and established what is known as Hague's Collegiate Institute, at Chillicothe. Ohio. Since removing to Wadsworth, he has been licensed to preach, b}' the Presbytery of Cleveland, with a view to fully entering the w'ork of the Gospel ministry, a wTork toward which he has long been drawn. In addition to his labors as Principal of the school for the past year has been engaged as supply to the La Fayette Church, situated near Chippewa Lake. As a writer. Prof. Dague is rapidly winning a high place among literary men. During his residence at Chillicothe, he wrote for the Scioto Gazette, principally, articles on infidelity, that were widely read, and excited much comment.
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 Wadsworth City - it names this place 25 more 25 times.
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wadsworth in 2009, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 63 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wadsworth between 1891 and 1975: 53 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05], C. Sabrosky, Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
 | Eucamptonyx Perkins, 1907 | 1917 | J. Houser | Western Ohio |
 | Plantago cordata Lam. | 1891 | F. E. Lloyd | Selsville, north of Columbus |
 | Galba Schrank, 1803 | 1906 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Chippewa Lake |
 | Polyporus pinicola (Sw.) Fr. | 1906 | Humphrey, Clarence | Silver Creek, coal mine |
 | Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. | 1911 | Hopkins, L.S. | Chippewa Lake |
 | Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
| Smerinthus jamaicensis Drury, 1773 | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH | |
 | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1938 | F. Bartley | |
| Crabronidae | 1939 | K., R. F. | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
All 63 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wadsworth: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koontz Sandstone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koontz Ss Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Wadsworth Brick No 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Number 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hammond Brothers Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silchuk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | 3 hurt | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Wadsworth | $500,000 | A tornado briefly touched down, ripping the roof off a middle school and downing numerous trees. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | $75,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported. Some vehicles were damaged. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and many large limbs. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wadsworth | $20,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported numerous large tree branches down over a quarter mile stretch which caused structural damage to 3 homes. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Wadsworth and Seville. An estimated sixty mile per hour wind gust was reported along the Medina/Wayne county line. A grain field was flattened in the Wadsworth area. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $4,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several small trees near the intersection of Interstate 76 and State Route 57. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | A tree and large limb was reported down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs near Wadsworth. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,500 | Tree fell onto a car about one-mile north of downtown Wadsworth. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter-size in Wadsworth. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Trained spotter in Wadsworth estimated a peak gust of 65 mph from passing QLCS. Also noted downed tree limbs and shingles blown off roofs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Several trees down one mile southwest of Wadsworth. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A large tree was blown down. This storm report was from social media. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured 60 mph wind gust was recorded with the thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured wind gust of 60 mph was recorded with this thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter size was observed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Corners | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Weavers (historical) | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Acme | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| River Styx | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Blake | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sharon Center | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Boneta | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Poe | 6.8 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 Wadsworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233911 | 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 1065441. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.