| Valley City, Ohio | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Ohio |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Ohio |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Medina |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Liverpool |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.85 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.85 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 943 |
| Population Density Km2: | 194.45 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 503.74 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 869 |
| Coordinates: | 41.2336°N -81.9397°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 44280 |
| Area Code: | 330 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-79184 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628981 |
Valley City is an unincorporated community in central Liverpool Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. The west branch of the Rocky River and Plum Creek flow near Valley City from south to north.
It is located at intersection of State Routes 252 and 303 in the northwest corner of Medina County. Settled in 1810, the surrounding township was established in 1816. Together with Litchfield and York Townships, Liverpool Township composes the Buckeye Local School District. Valley City is part of Ohio District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1810, Seba Bronson, Jr., a Revolutionary War Veteran, arrives in the "Hardscrabble" area of Liverpool Township (corner of Columbia Rd and Grafton Rd.). As a so-called "squatter", Bronson occupies the land, plants corn, builds a dwelling, and establishes a thriving salt works.[2]
Valley City is known for being "The Frog Jump Capital of Ohio." Since 1962, it has held an annual contest patterned after Mark Twain's story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." On April 2, 1964, two years after the first contest was held, Governor Jim Rhodes proclaimed this contest the official state frog jumping championship. In 1969, a few Valley City champion frogs competed in the larger contest in Calaveras County, California, including one belonging to Governor Rhodes. Today, the contest is held at the Mill Stream Park in early August.[3] The contest drew record breaking crowds in 2021 with over 750 frogs jumped and 4,000 attendees.[4]
An annual street fair is held on the last weekend of August to support the local fire department.[5]