BlockWellington, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wellington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44090. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. 4,799 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1904 against another survey:
On record in Wellington
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 12 of 26 shown
Darlon Allen Houselisted 1979
Carlos Avery Houselisted 1984
O. T. Baker Houselisted 1979
John A. Chapman Houselisted 1979
Ansel Clark Houselisted 1979
Whitney Clark Houselisted 1979
Gunn Houselisted 1979
Huntington Grangelisted 1979
Huntington Inn, Oldlisted 1979
Huntington Public Schoollisted 1979
Huntington Township Halllisted 1979
Mosher Houselisted 1979
Every listing in Lorain County
Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records
- H. M. Gillette Residence, Route 18, Blue Goose Corners, Wellingtonfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Warner House, 370 South Main Street, Wellingtonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Wellington Town Hall, Main Street, Wellingtonfederal building survey, 2 photographs
Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 12 of 24 shown
- Opera HouseOpera House, in the atlas of 1889 to 1933
- American HotelHotel, in the atlas of 1889 to 1899
- Doland, T., Carriage WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1889 to 1893
- England HotelHotel, in the atlas of 1922 to 1933
- Machine CoMachine Shop, in the atlas of 1904 to 1911
- Sunday SchoolSchool, in the atlas of 1893 to 1899
- Wellington Bending WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1899 to 1904
- Adams, R. O., Carriage WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1904
- Church of Christ ScientistChurch, in the atlas of 1933
- Episcopal ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1899
- First Congregational ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1911
- Garretson, C.S, Lum. Yard& Planing Mill, 4Planing Mill, in the atlas of 1922
Population over time
2 figuresWellington fell from 4,802 to 4,799 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 | 4,802 | |
| 2020 | 4,799 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1904 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
19,045 words on this townshipHistory of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Wellington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The township is traversed by several affluents of Black river, Wellington creek in the eastern, Charlemout creek and the west branch of Black river in the western and northern parts. It is therefore well watered, and has a diversified soil of alluvium and upland. The surface is level, and much of it back from the streams was originally regarded as swale lands, but their adaptation for meadow and grazing purposes is unsurpassed. There is not an acre of waste laud in the township. In the eastern jjart are still seen the remains of an old beaver dam, which in an early day served to Hood an extent of fifty or seventy-five acres, and was known as Wellington swain|i. It ali'orded a secure retreat for wild animals. It was the haunt of the bear and the wolf. Its impenetrable thickets afforded an effectual screen from the hunter's vigilance. The wolf, for miles away, when closely pursued, headed for Wellington swamp, and it was a struggle of skill and endurance on the part of the hunter to cut him off' from that retreat. The east and west center road, when constructed, crossed it in the middle. The road was made by felling the brush upon the surface of the morass, upon which stringers were placed lengthwise upo;i cross i)ieces placed on the brush; over these stringers the corduroy covering was laid. The road was literally a bridge, which, as used, would gradually settle below the surface, when other stringers were jilaced aud more corduroy was laid. It was too narrow for teams to meet and pass thereon. If two met, the lightest loaded was unhitched, load removed, wagon uncoupled and crowded to one side, team backed to terra finiin, while the other jnished on. Such hindrances rarely occurred, however, for the noise of the jolting wagon ujion the rough corduroy gave timely notice that the road was occupied.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway traverses the townshi]) diagonally, from the northeast to the southwest corner. It is crossed by five roads running north and south, and by three east and west. It is about midway between Elyria on the north, Ashland on the south, Medina on the east, and Norwalk on the west, and on the most direct road to each. This fact, at an early day, gave Wellington importance as the center of local trade, and rendezvous for land owners and settlers.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Ei)hraim Root, the original proprietor of Wellington, sold the township to Colonel Francis Herrick, Harmon Kingsbury, P'rederick Hamlin, and Norton and Stocking, of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. In the record of transfers of Medina county, for the year 1819, the first transfer from Ei)hraim Root to Francis Herrick of three thousand five hundred and sixty acres, township three, range eighteen, is entered. From the same to Joseph Kingshury, two thousand two hundred and seventy-eight acres. In 1820, the same to Amos Adams, six hundred and fifty acres; to Adams, Norton and Stocking, tiiree tlionsaud four hundred and seven ty-eiglit acres; to Lyniau and Saaford Brown and Frederick Hamlin, two thousand acres; to John ('Htford, tliree hundred and fifty acres; to .liilin (Milford, Ji'., seventy-five acres; to John llowk, seven liundred and thirty-four and threefourths acres. Tliese transfers were nuide to actual settlers. And it was a happy thing for Wellington that theso lands did not fall into the hands of speculators, in >[arch, 181S, the first settlers arrived. They were: E])hraini Wilcox and (Jharles Sweet, who came out in the employ of Frederick Hamlin; John Clifford and Joseph Wilson, of Berkshire county, Massachusetts; and William T. Welling, of Montgomery county. New York. The first four left Berkshire county in February, with i)acks and tools loaded upon a cutter, drawn by one old mare. One drove while the others walked. Welling joined them en route. In M:irch, they reached Grafton, the most advanced out-j)()st in the direction of their lands. They at once commenced cutting a " trail " to townshi]i number three, of range eighteen, and entered the townshijt at the northeast corner thereof, and thence to the center lots.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Wellington Township - it names this place 60 more 60 times.
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,725 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,725 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wellington between 1852 and 1975: 1,021 Animalia, 491 Fungi, 183 Plantae, 13 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Recksecker, A. E. Ricksecker, A. M. Evans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
 | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
 | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1899 | Ricksecker, A.E. | Wood 4 miles south of Oberlin. |
 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1852 | Drège | |
| Uncinula flexuosa Peck | 1872 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
 | Parus bicolor Linnaeus, 1766 | 1874 | Woods, N. W. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Agrostemma githago L. | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
 | Cercospora incarnata Henn. | 1885 | F. D. Kelsey | |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Medeola virginiana L. | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
 | Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
All 1,725 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellington in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 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 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Wellington | $500,000 | A tornado touched down just south of Wellington at the intersection of Pitts and Jones Road. One home suffered significant damage and two barns were destroyed as the tornado moved almost due north. Nine other homes suffered minor damage and trees, utility poles, and power lines were downed. Two dogs in dog boxes that were kept in one of the destroyed barns were found 5 to 15 yards away from the site still in their boxes and unhurt. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Wellington | $40,000 | A tornado with estimated peak winds of 80 mph impacted Wellington. The tornado began near the intersection of Meadow Lane and Sheila Drive, where tops of trees were broken off and scattered across neighboring streets, residential homes, and vehicles. As the tornado moved southeastward, a large tree was uprooted and fell onto a house along Hale Street. After the tornado crossed OH Route 18, powerlines and several trees were downed, and several large tree limbs were broken off and landed on homes. The tornado ended east of Grand Avenue, south of Dickson Street. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $35,000 | A microburst destroyed a barn, and the debris was blown downwind across a farm field. A neighboring garage and outbuilding also sustained minor damage. Several trees were also downed by the severe winds. There were no injuries reported. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Wellington | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $15,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $10,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three large trees south of Wellington in Findlay State Park. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $8,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Wellington | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house causing minor damage. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs and power lines. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $5,000 | Trees and limbs were downed. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $4,000 | A line of showers and thunderstorms downed a tree and a few large limbs as it moved through the Wellington area. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a few large limbs. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $1,000 | A line of showers and thunderstorms downed a couple of large tree limbs as it moved through the Wellington area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | $1,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Wellington | - | Hail up to golf ball-size in Wellington. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | - | Estimated peak wind gust of 70 mph from thunderstorm three miles NE of Wellington. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | - | A tree was snapped at the base. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wellington | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellington | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wellington | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Wellington | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wellington | - | Quarter size hail was observed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wellington | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Wellington | - | Penny to quarter size hail was observed south of Wellington. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Wellington | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
1 paper1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Wellington Enterprise | 1899 to 1900 |
What the paper printed
11,791 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 4 issues all from 1899, 11,791 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1899-06-14 | The Wellington Enterprise | 4,179 words |
| 1899-08-23 | The Wellington Enterprise | 4,205 words |
| 1899-10-25 | The Wellington Enterprise | 2,876 words |
| 1899-12-27 | The Wellington Enterprise | 531 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheasant Run Village | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Huntington | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pittsfield | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brighton | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Penfield | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rochester | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Camden | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lagrange | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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 Wellington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2344895 | 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 1047670. 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.
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.