Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Wadsworth, OH

Wadsworth is a city in Medina County, Ohio, founded on March 1, 1814.

The city is named after General Elijah Wadsworth, a Revolutionary War hero and War of 1812 officer who owned the largest share of the lands that became Medina County.

Wadsworth was incorporated as a village on January 1, 1876, and became a city on January 1, 1931.

Wadsworth's population was 24,007 at the 2020 census, and the city has grown in every census since 1880.

Wadsworth has about 9,800 households, and roughly 68% of its homes are owner-occupied.

A post office called Wadsworth has been in operation since 1823.

Wadsworth celebrates its industrial past with the annual Blue Tip Festival, named after the strike-anywhere blue tip matches that were manufactured in the city until the 1980s.

The Wadsworth City School District is the single largest employer in the city, and Wadsworth High School and Wadsworth Middle School compete in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

Wadsworth sits just south of the Saint Lawrence River Divide, about 12 miles southwest of Akron and 33 miles south of Cleveland.

In 1964 Wadsworth withdrew from Wadsworth Township by forming a 'paper township' of its own; the paper township went unnamed until 2003, when it was named Pardee Township after Aaron Pardee, the city's first mayor.