County
· Ohio
Lorain County
Lorain County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. Lorain County is part of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to Oberlin College.
Governance bodies
Matters.
Civic topics anchored here. Each matter tracks an issue across the agenda items where it appears.
View matters
Discover boards from CivicClerk.
Bring in additional commissions, committees, or boards that publish
meetings through CivicClerk.
Log in to contribute →
Organizations on the platform
No one is tracking Lorain County on The Civic Record yet.
Documents, meetings, and matters will appear here once an organization claims this jurisdiction.
Sign up to start tracking it.
Cities and towns 15
- City of Amherst pop. 12,870
- City of Avon pop. 25,266
- City of Avon Lake pop. 25,588
- City of Elyria pop. 52,816
- City of Lorain pop. 65,430
- City of North Ridgeville pop. 36,240
- City of Oberlin pop. 8,249
- City of Sheffield Lake pop. 8,973
- Village of Grafton pop. 5,594
- Village of Kipton pop. 208
- Village of Lagrange pop. 2,797
- Village of Rochester pop. 159
- Village of Sheffield pop. 4,312
- Village of South Amherst pop. 1,573
- Village of Wellington pop. 4,824
Townships 18
- Township of Amherst pop. 6,548
- Township of Brighton pop. 863
- Township of Brownhelm pop. 7,954
- Township of Camden pop. 1,500
- Township of Carlisle pop. 7,143
- Township of Columbia pop. 7,567
- Township of Eaton pop. 5,904
- Township of Elyria pop. 3,252
- Township of Grafton pop. 2,801
- Township of Henrietta pop. 1,786
- Township of Huntington pop. 1,400
- Township of La Grange pop. 6,810
- Township of New Russia pop. 2,380
- Township of Penfield pop. 1,823
- Township of Pittsfield pop. 1,597
- Township of Rochester pop. 792
- Township of Sheffield pop. 3,966
- Township of Wellington pop. 6,171
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 172262
- FIPS state
- 39
- FIPS county
- 093
- FIPS place
- 99093
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF LORAIN
- Mailing address
- 226 MIDDLE AVE, ELYRIA 44035