Ashland,
Community Profile
Ashland's geographic location is within easy driving distance of
Cleveland,
Columbus,
Toledo, and
Akron
.
Ashland
takes pride in her rich heritage and in being a model of a small Midwestern
city. A quaint university town with a strong work ethic and a love of
traditional family values.
Ashland, provides quiet, friendly neighborhoods, a picnic in the park, a walk in the
neighborhood without fear, fine schools, churches and shopping that are all
minutes from home.
Ashland
is the home of many small manufacturing concerns and has a highway system that
links the Ashland
area with surrounding metro areas. The product mix is almost as diverse as
the people that make them. Products include pumps, agricultural products, pharmaceutical rubber
products, toys and sporting goods, balloons, play balls, commercial printing,
cookies, metal and plastic valves and fittings, golf balls, adhesives,
paperboard packaging, clothing, plastic fabrications and moldings, animal health
products and earth boring equipment.
Utilities
Water (12
wells) provided by the City of
Ashland
Sewer
(cost based on water usage)
Capacity
of Treatment Plant
6.0 million gallons per day
City Contacts:
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Engineering: Jim
Cooper at (419/289-8331)
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Water
Treatment/Wastewater Treatment:
Bruce Wiser
(419) 281-7041
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Water/Sewer
Rates: Doug Strine (419) 281-7041;
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Industrial
Pre-treatment: Jim Portner (419)
289-1392
Natural Gas is provided by Columbia Gas of Ohio
Contact
Person:
Jeffrey
Huff (419) 528-1130 or Barth Smith (419) 528-1114
Electric is provided by Ohio Edison
Contact
Person:
Glen Kramer
(419) 521-6111
Telephone Service is provided by Verizon
Contact
Person; Steve Thomas (419) 289-6616
Watershed
and Stream Conditions
If stream needs to be moved and is more than 500 feet, Ohio
EPA needs to be contacted.
Contact Person: Lynett Browder (419) 373-3009
If questions concerning watershed, Contact Person:
James Blake, Army Corps of Engineers,
New Philadelphia
,
Ohio
(330) 364-6177
Population
1970
1980
1990
2000
City
of
Ashland
19,870
20,252
20,079
22,000
Ashland
County
43,320
46,178
47,507
55,000
Transportation
Major
Highways:
Interstate
71 (six lane)
US Routes 30, 250, 42
State Routes 511, 60, 96, 58
Railroads:
Ashland
City
is served by the Ashland
Railway, a community owned short-line that has connections with CSX, Norfolk
& Southern and Wheeling & Lake Erie.
Airports:
Distance (mi)
Runway Length (ft)
Ashland
County
1.5
3,800
Mansfield-Lahm
12
9,000
Port
Columbus
International
40
10,701
Akron-Fulton
55
6,000
Cleveland
Hopkins
55
Trucking:
40
Companies; 6 Terminals
Education
Public and Private School Systems (
Ashland
County
)
Ashland City Schools
Ashland
Christian
Schools
Mapleton Local
Saint Edwards
Hillsdale Local
Black River
Local
Loudonville-Perrysville
Higher Education:
Location
Distance
Ashland
University
Ashland
0
North
Central
State
College
Mansfield
,
Ohio
12
Ohio
State
University
at
Mansfield
Mansfield
,
Ohio
14
College
of
Wooster
Wooster
,
Ohio
20
Vocational Training:
Ashland
County
–
West
Holmes
Career
Center
Pioneer
Career
Center
–
Milan
Dale-Roy
School
,
Ashland
Medical
Location
Distance
Samaritan
Hospital
Ashland
0
Mansfield
General
Mansfield
,
Ohio
14
Cleveland
Clinic
Cleveland
,
Ohio
55