Tourist Information

Major tourist attractions in Norwalk include Firelands Historical Society Museum and Jehovah's Witnesses. Other notable locations in Norwalk are Firelands Museum, Huron Junction, Huron County Children’s Home, Huron County Courthouse, Huron County Home, Huron County Law Library, Norwalk Public Library, and Norwalk City Hall. Notable churches in Norwalk include Calvary Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First Church of Christ, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Universal Church, Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church and Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic Church.

Notable hotels for tourists include Amerihost Inn Norwalk, Amerihost Inn & Suites Norwalk., Best Western Norwalk, Dreamland Motel and Econo Lodge Norwalk.

General Information

Norwalk is situated at the center of a sub region in Ohio's Western Reserve, commonly known as the Firelands. Several locations in the Firelands area were named in honor of those cities that were burned during the Revolutionary War, like Greenwich, Groton, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Ridgefield, etc. Norwalk Connecticut was burned by the British Tories under Governor William Tryon on July 11, 1779.

The U.S. interstate highway system is easily accessible from Norwalk. Ohio Turnpike is approximately 3.5 miles north of Norwalk's city limits. The interstate-standard highway, State Route 2 , is also accessible to Norwalk. The U.S. Federal highways include Route 20 (part of the Norwalk bypass on the south side of town), which connects Fremont (via Bellevue) from the west and Elyria from the east; and Route 250 (known locally as Whittlesey Avenue, League Street, and Benedict Avenue), which connects Sandusky from the north (west) and Ashland from the south (east).

Demographic Information

Norwalk is a city, situated in Huron County, Ohio, United States. It is located at 41°14′35″N, 82°36′41″W (41.243024, -82.611371) at 719 feet above the sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.2 km²). As of the census of 2000, there were 16,238 people, 6,377 households, and 4,234 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,950.3 people per square mile (752.6/km²).