Blood & Biohazard Cleanup Near North Swanton Swanton, OH

Swanton is a village that straddles the line between Fulton County and Lucas County in northwestern Ohio, and it uses the motto 'Honoring the past - Committed to the future!'

Swanton takes its name from nearby Swan Creek, and a post office called Swanton has been in operation since 1827.

Swanton had a population of 3,897 at the 2020 census, growing steadily from just 335 residents in 1880.

The 2020 census counted 1,514 households in Swanton, spread across the village's 3.44 square miles.

In the heyday of steam power, Swanton was home to the A. D. Baker Company, a manufacturer of steam-powered traction engines and road contractors' equipment.

The Baker valve gear, an improved valve gear for steam locomotives developed at the A. D. Baker Company from an idea by an employee named Gifford and patented in 1903, was later manufactured by Swanton's Pilliod Company and saw widespread use on American steam locomotives.

Swanton Memorial Park is home to one of E. M. Viquesney's 'Spirit of the American Doughboy' statues, a World War I memorial sculpture installed in 1926 and cataloged by the Smithsonian Institution.

Swanton's Memorial Park, built on land donated by the McNeill family, has baseball diamonds, soccer fields, and tennis and pickleball courts along Ai Creek, while Pilliod Park next to the public library displays the village's red caboose and hosts a winter holiday light display.

Part of Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, including the Cannaley Treehouse Village, lies within the village of Swanton.

Swanton celebrates an annual Corn Festival each August, with a parade, car show, singing contest, and an all-class high school reunion.