From General Champion’s land to Medina’s suburb
Montville was bought as a block. General Aristarchus Champion purchased the land, known in the Connecticut Land Company survey as Township Range 14, in 1818 and named it after his hometown in Vermont. The first two settlers, Austin Badger and Samuel Brown, arrived in April 1819, and the township was organized the next year, with ten votes cast at its first election.
The township’s history notes that its first road, Smith Road, connecting Montville to Medina, followed the military path of General Smith’s army in 1812 and is still an important route. Today the busier corridor is Wooster Pike, where new businesses keep opening near the Shoppes at River Styx.
A township built mostly after 1990
Montville is one of the newest housing markets in Medina County. The Census figures:
- Median year built: 2001.
- Only about 1% of homes date from 1939 or earlier.
- About 81% are single-family detached houses.
- About 87% owner-occupied, with vacancy around 3%.
- Median home value, as owners estimate it: about $424,500.
The township itself mentions “many HOAs” in its neighborhoods. So the typical Montville seller owns a 1990s or 2000s colonial or ranch, often in an association, with a mortgage that may be only a few years old. When a house that new needs a quick sale, the reason is usually a life event rather than the building: a job transfer, a divorce, a parent’s estate, or a payment that no longer fits.
Township rules that matter at a sale
Montville runs several of its own services:
- Police. Montville has its own township police department, working out of the Ron F. Bischof Safety Services building, which opened in 2011.
- Fire and EMS come from the Medina Fire Department, which covers the city and the township from four stations. The township says the Montville station cut response times in half.
- Property maintenance code. The township has adopted a property maintenance code, enforced through its Planning and Zoning Office. A house left vacant with tall grass or exterior damage can draw a notice.
- Zoning. The township has its own zoning resolution, zoning maps and certificate fees. Check whether past projects on your property were permitted before a buyer asks.
If you’re moving out before you sell, keep up the lawn and exterior so the house doesn’t pick up a violation. Our guide to selling a vacant house has more.
Parks around Montville homes
Montville has invested in open land. In 2015 the township bought the 252-acre former Blue Heron Golf Course with an Ohio Public Works Commission Green Ohio grant and turned it into Austin Badger Park on River Styx Road, with nineteen bridges and 7.5 miles of concrete trail. The township also runs the Aaron Smith Nature Preserve, Cobblestone Park and Whitetail Park.
When to list a Montville house and when to sell direct
At Montville’s price level, a clean, updated house will usually sell for more on the market than we’d offer, and we’ll tell you that up front. A direct sale fits when:
- you owe close to what the house is worth after an agent’s commission (how to calculate home equity);
- you’re behind on mortgage payments and need to sell before it becomes a foreclosure;
- a divorce needs a single, scheduled sale; or
- you’re relocating and can’t wait through showings.
With us there are no commissions or fees, we pay normal closing costs, and you choose the closing date. For the Medina County probate court, sheriff sales and conveyance fee, see our Medina County page. Get a written offer to compare.