Kalida, OH
Putnam County 

 

Community Overview

The Village of Kalida is located in the west-central section of Putnam County. It is advantageously situated on St. Rt. 224 within 9 miles of Ottawa, the county seat and the county’s largest community. A very productive agricultural area surrounds Kalida, and their principal industries manufacture welded automotive components, farm equipment, and machinery and metal products.

Web Site

Kalida Chamber of Commerce

Development Sites
Map

Kalida Site #1

Kalida Site #2

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Population

County/Entity

Community

Tax Information 

 

1980

32,991

1019

$57.65/$1,000 @ 35%

 

1990

33,819

947

1.00% Local Income Tax

 

2000

34,726

1081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary County/Entity

 

Contiguous Counties/Entities

 

 

Employment:

21,100

Employment:

215,100

 

Labor Force:

22,200 

Labor Force:

223,200

 

Unemployment Rate:

4.95% 

Unemployment Rate:

3.63%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation

 

 

 

 

Rail:

Not Available

Airport:

Putnam County Airport

 

Truck:

24 Motor Freight Lines

Distance:

12 mi. 

 

 

 

Airport:

Toledo Express 

 

 

 

Distance:

60 mi.

 

Interstate:

1-75 (20 mi.) 

 

 

 

Highway:

St. Rts. 224, 114, 115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities

 

 

 

 

Electric:

AEP-Ohio Power

Water

Village of Kalida

 

Gas:

Kalida Natural Gas Co.

Source:

Wells

 

Telephone:

Kalida Telephone Co.

Excess Capacity:

129,000 gpd

 

 

 

Sewer:

Village of Kalida

 

 

 

Treatment:

Lagoon System

 

 

 

Excess Capacity:

60,000 gpd

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

Distance (mi)

Medical Services

Distance (mi)

 

Bluffton College

20

Blanchard Valley Health Ctr.

20

 

Bluffton, Ohio

 

Bluffton, Ohio

 

 

Defiance College

26

Lima Memorial Hospital

22

 

Defiance, Ohio

 

Lima, Ohio

 

 

Ohio State Univ. (Branch)

26

Ottawa Medical & Diagnostic

7

 

Lima, Ohio

 

Ottawa, Ohio

 

 

Owens Community College

32

Van Wert County Hospital

22

 

Findlay, Ohio

 

Van Wert, Ohio

 

 

University of Findlay

20

St. Rita’s Ambulatory Care

9

 

Findlay, Ohio

 

Ottawa, Ohio

 

 

 

 

St. Rita’s Hospital

22

 

 

 

Lima, Ohio

 

 

Local Employers

Products

Unions

Employees

 

Kalida Manufacturing, Inc

Welded Automotive Components

None

219

 

Remlinger Manufacturing Co.

Farm equipment and metal products

None

33

 

Sarka Bros. Machining, Inc.

Equipment for food industry

None

10

 

Unverferth Manufacturing, Inc.

Farm machinery & tractor wheels

None

336

 

Revised Date: 10/16/2001