Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Lisbon, OH

Lisbon is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, and serves as the county seat, lying along Little Beaver Creek in the center of the county.

Lisbon was platted on February 16, 1803, by Baptist minister Lewis Kinney — the same year Ohio became a state — and is regarded as the second-oldest town in Ohio.

The village was originally named New Lisbon, after Lisbon, Portugal, was incorporated by a special act of the legislature on February 7, 1825, and was renamed simply Lisbon in 1895.

By 1820, New Lisbon's population actually outnumbered that of Cleveland.

Lisbon was home to The Ohio Patriot, founded by Alsatian immigrant William D. Lepper and printed from 1809 to 1833, which is credited as Ohio's first newspaper.

The village also hosted Columbiana County's first bank, the Columbiana Bank of New Lisbon, and the county's first insurance company.

Initially known for iron and whiskey production, Lisbon became one of the largest towns on the Sandy and Beaver Canal during the Industrial Revolution.

In July 1863, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan surrendered near West Point just outside Lisbon at the end of Morgan's Raid — the northernmost point reached by Confederate forces during the Civil War, after Lisbon's militia had mobilized to block his approach.

Lisbon had a population of 2,597 at the 2020 census, and the 2010 census counted 1,138 households in the village.

The village celebrates its heritage each fall with the Johnny Appleseed Festival, honoring John Chapman, who planted apple trees throughout the region including around Lisbon.