{"id":6799,"date":"2023-08-18T09:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T09:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:41","slug":"ashtabula-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ashtabula-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashtabula County, Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashtabula County is a county in Ohio, United States, about 55 miles northeast of Cleveland, in<br \/>\nOhio&#8217;s extreme northeast corner along Lake Erie. It had a population of 97,574 at the 2020<br \/>\ncensus, an estimated 96,713 by 2024, and covers 702 square miles of land (1,820 km2) &mdash;<br \/>\nOhio&#8217;s largest county by total area &mdash; centred near 41&#176;53&#8242;N 80&#176;46&#8242;W.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson is the county seat; its postal code is 44047. The county holds 3 cities, 7<br \/>\nincorporated villages and 4 census-designated places across 28 townships, and it runs on Eastern<br \/>\nTime. Its FIPS code is 39007.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Ashtabula County<\/h2>\n<p>Ashtabula County has 14 named places on record: 3 cities, 7 incorporated villages and 4<br \/>\nunincorporated census-designated places. CDP stands for census designated place, a Census<br \/>\nBureau statistical boundary with no local government of its own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ashtabula<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Ashtabula<\/td>\n<td>17,975<\/td>\n<td>44004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conneaut<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Conneaut<\/td>\n<td>12,318<\/td>\n<td>44030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>5,924<\/td>\n<td>44041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edgewood<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Ashtabula<\/td>\n<td>4,185<\/td>\n<td>44004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jefferson<\/td>\n<td>Village &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Jefferson<\/td>\n<td>3,226<\/td>\n<td>44047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Kingsville<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Kingsville<\/td>\n<td>2,742<\/td>\n<td>44068<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roaming Shores<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Rome &amp; Morgan<\/td>\n<td>1,586<\/td>\n<td>44084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Orwell<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Orwell<\/td>\n<td>1,533<\/td>\n<td>44076<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saybrook-on-the-Lake<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Saybrook<\/td>\n<td>1,050<\/td>\n<td>44004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andover<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Andover<\/td>\n<td>972<\/td>\n<td>44003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geneva-on-the-Lake<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>916<\/td>\n<td>44041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kingsville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Kingsville<\/td>\n<td>823<\/td>\n<td>44048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rock Creek<\/td>\n<td>Village<\/td>\n<td>Morgan<\/td>\n<td>667<\/td>\n<td>44084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Austinburg<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>Austinburg<\/td>\n<td>505<\/td>\n<td>44010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two name pairs cause confusion here. Kingsville is a census-designated place inside Kingsville<br \/>\nTownship, while North Kingsville, three miles north on Lake Erie, is a separately incorporated<br \/>\nvillage &mdash; they are not the same place despite sharing a root name. Geneva, the city, and<br \/>\nGeneva-on-the-Lake, a lakefront resort village, are likewise distinct: Geneva-on-the-Lake sits<br \/>\ninside Geneva Township but has run its own government since 1927. Roaming Shores is the only<br \/>\nplace on the list that spans two townships, Rome and Morgan, rather than sitting inside one.<\/p>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ashtabula<\/td>\n<td>19,585<\/td>\n<td>Edgewood CDP; surrounds the city of Ashtabula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>10,080<\/td>\n<td>Surrounds the city of Geneva; Geneva-on-the-Lake village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saybrook<\/td>\n<td>9,711<\/td>\n<td>Saybrook-on-the-Lake CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jefferson<\/td>\n<td>5,317<\/td>\n<td>Jefferson village (county seat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Harpersfield<\/td>\n<td>2,591<\/td>\n<td>Rural; vineyards along the Grand River<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Austinburg<\/td>\n<td>2,240<\/td>\n<td>Austinburg CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Plymouth<\/td>\n<td>1,928<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kingsville<\/td>\n<td>1,649<\/td>\n<td>Kingsville CDP; North Kingsville village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>847<\/td>\n<td>Denmark Center hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andover<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Andover village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cherry Valley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Cherry Valley hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colebrook<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conneaut<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Surrounds the city of Conneaut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dorset<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Dorset hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hartsgrove<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lenox<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monroe<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morgan<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rock Creek village; part of Roaming Shores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Lyme<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Orwell<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Orwell village<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pierpont<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Pierpont hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Richmond<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rome<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Part of Roaming Shores<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sheffield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trumbull<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wayne<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Rural, no incorporated place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Williamsfield<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Williamsfield hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Windsor<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Windsor hamlet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>44004 &mdash; Ashtabula (also serves Edgewood and Saybrook-on-the-Lake)<\/li>\n<li>44005 &mdash; Ashtabula&#8217;s second ZIP<\/li>\n<li>44030 &mdash; Conneaut<\/li>\n<li>44041 &mdash; Geneva (also serves Geneva-on-the-Lake)<\/li>\n<li>44047 &mdash; Jefferson<\/li>\n<li>44068 &mdash; North Kingsville<\/li>\n<li>44076 &mdash; Orwell<\/li>\n<li>44084 &mdash; Rock Creek (also serves most of Roaming Shores)<\/li>\n<li>44085 &mdash; Roaming Shores&#8217; second ZIP<\/li>\n<li>44048 &mdash; Kingsville<\/li>\n<li>44010 &mdash; Austinburg<\/li>\n<li>44003 &mdash; Andover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cherry Valley, Dorset, Eagleville, Footville, Kelloggsville, Pierpont, Unionville, West<br \/>\nAndover, Williamsfield and Windsor are unincorporated hamlets with no ZIP code of their own;<br \/>\nmail there is delivered under the nearest incorporated village or city&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Ashtabula County sits on Ohio&#8217;s Lake Erie shore in the Appalachian Plateau&#8217;s<br \/>\nnorthern edge, a landscape of low hills, river valleys and glacial ridges. Of its 1,368 square<br \/>\nmiles, 702 are land and 666 are water &mdash; 49 percent, unusually high for an Ohio county<br \/>\n&mdash; because the county&#8217;s northern boundary runs well out into Lake Erie rather than<br \/>\nstopping at the shoreline. The Grand River and Ashtabula River drain the county&#8217;s<br \/>\ninterior, and Pymatuning Creek feeds Pymatuning Reservoir near the Pennsylvania line. The<br \/>\nregion has nineteen surviving covered bridges, more than any other Ohio county.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County and Geauga County border Ashtabula to the west, Trumbull County lies to the<br \/>\nsouth, and Crawford County and Erie County, both in Pennsylvania, lie to the east. Lake Erie<br \/>\nforms the entire northern edge. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lake-county-ohio\/\">Lake<br \/>\nCounty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/geauga-county\/\">Geauga County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/trumbull-county\/\">Trumbull County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-pennsylvania\/\">Crawford County,<br \/>\nPennsylvania<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/erie-county-pennsylvania\/\">Erie<br \/>\nCounty, Pennsylvania<\/a> all border Ashtabula directly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Ashtabula County had a population of 97,574 at the 2020 census, and the Census Bureau&#8217;s<br \/>\nlatest vintage estimate puts the county at 96,713 residents by 2024, a slight decline. Ashtabula<br \/>\nand Conneaut are the two largest communities, together home to about 31 percent of the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s population. Median household income runs $57,728, below Ohio&#8217;s 2023 ACS<br \/>\nfigure of $67,769. Population density works out to roughly 145 people per square mile of land,<br \/>\none of the lower figures among Ohio counties outside its far southeast.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, about 9,596 people, followed by health<br \/>\ncare and social assistance at 6,137 and retail trade at 4,919. Grapes are a major crop along the<br \/>\nLake Erie shore; the lake&#8217;s microclimate moderates frost and extends the growing season,<br \/>\nsupporting a cluster of wineries across Harpersfield, Geneva and Kingsville townships.<br \/>\nAshtabula&#8217;s harbor handled iron ore and coal shipping for generations and still carries<br \/>\nfreight traffic today. The county also carries a strong Finnish American heritage from<br \/>\nearly-1900s immigration, visible in local church and community organizations around<br \/>\nAshtabula.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Ohio&#8217;s legislature created Ashtabula County in 1808, organizing it fully in 1811 out of<br \/>\nland formerly attached to Geauga and Trumbull counties. The name comes from a Lenape word,<br \/>\nrendered &#8220;ashte-pih\u00eble,&#8221; meaning roughly &#8220;always enough fish to go<br \/>\naround,&#8221; after the river the Lenape fished before Connecticut Land Company surveyors<br \/>\narrived in 1795 as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The county was a center of anti-slavery activity before the Civil War: abolitionist John<br \/>\nBrown&#8217;s son John Jr. and brother Owen both lived here, and Ashtabula&#8217;s Hubbard House<br \/>\nsheltered freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad before they crossed Lake Erie to Canada.<br \/>\nOn December 29, 1876, a railroad bridge over the Ashtabula River collapsed under a passing<br \/>\ntrain, and the wooden cars caught fire from overturned stoves and lamps &mdash; the Ashtabula<br \/>\nRiver railroad disaster killed about 92 people and remains one of the deadliest bridge failures<br \/>\nin US railroad history.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 90 crosses the county&#8217;s northern half, linking Cleveland and Erie. US Routes<br \/>\n6, 20 and 322 also cross the county, along with state routes 7, 11, 45, 46, 84, 85, 86, 167,<br \/>\n193, 307, 531 and 534.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleveland &mdash; about 55 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Erie, Pennsylvania &mdash; about 45 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Youngstown &mdash; about 45 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Pittsburgh &mdash; about 110 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, roughly 60 miles west of Ashtabula, is the nearest<br \/>\nmajor commercial airport. Northeast Ohio Regional Airport, in Jefferson, handles general<br \/>\naviation traffic. Amtrak&#8217;s Lake Shore Limited stops at Union Station in Erie,<br \/>\nPennsylvania, connecting to Cleveland, Chicago, New York and Boston.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Ashtabula County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Ohio&#8217;s extreme northeast corner on Lake Erie, about 55 miles northeast of<br \/>\nCleveland, bordered by Lake, Geauga and Trumbull counties and, across the Pennsylvania line,<br \/>\nCrawford and Erie counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Ashtabula County?<\/strong><br \/>\n97,574 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 96,713.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Ashtabula County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,368 square miles total &mdash; 702 square miles of land and 666 square miles of Lake Erie<br \/>\nwater &mdash; making it Ohio&#8217;s largest county by total area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Ashtabula County?<\/strong><br \/>\nJefferson, a village of 3,226 people, though Ashtabula is the county&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and villages are in Ashtabula County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThree cities &mdash; Ashtabula, Conneaut and Geneva &mdash; seven incorporated villages, and<br \/>\nfour census-designated places, spread across 28 townships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Ashtabula County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n44003, 44004, 44005, 44010, 44030, 44041, 44047, 44048, 44068, 44076, 44084 and 44085 among<br \/>\nothers, one for each incorporated place plus the larger CDPs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Ashtabula County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nNineteen surviving covered bridges, Lake Erie wineries, and the 1876 Ashtabula River railroad<br \/>\ndisaster, one of the deadliest bridge collapses in US rail history.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/ohio\/\">Towns and<br \/>\nvillages in Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashtabula County is a county in Ohio, United States, about 55 miles northeast of Cleveland, in Ohio&#8217;s extreme northeast corner along Lake Erie. 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