Mantua

History

The first settlers came to Mantua Township in 1798. The area that eventually became the village of Mantua was owned by the Tappan family of Ravenna, Ohio. The town was laid out in the 1840s as Mantua Station, a stop on the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad. It was incorporated as Mantua in 1898. Like the township, the village is named after the Italian city of Mantua, in honor of Napoleon, who had captured it in early 1797 at the end of the Siege of Mantua. Mantua includes three properties on the National Register of Historic Places: the Horace L. Hine House, the Mantua Station Brick Commercial District, and the William H. Crafts House.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Cuyahoga River flows through the southern part of the village.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21,869
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  19,386
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  19,351
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  17,599
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  15,480
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,977
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  14,687
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,651

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-03-05
  3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.7 — 2026-01-06
  4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2025-05-12
  4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-06-01
  1 km E of Madison, Ohio
• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-01-05
  3 km SE of Madison, Ohio