Town file
Beach City, Ohio
Beach City, Ohio (Stark County, Ohio) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 461, "Wife Swap Snap" (25 January 2024). Beach City, Ohio, is a farming community of 681 people in Stark County in the north-east of the state, about an hour and ten minutes from Cleveland.
- Town
- Beach City
- County
- Stark County
- State
- Ohio
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 461
- Approximate location
- 40.653, -81.580
Episode 461 / 25 January 2024 / 168 min / full
Wife Swap Snap
"We are going to Beach City, Ohio ... it's in Stark County." about 0:04:45
The case: Murders of Catherine and James Stockdale (June 15, 2017). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 681
- Median age
- 48.3
- Median household income
- $48,750 a year
- Median home value
- $178,100
- Two-bedroom rent
- $860 a month
- Cost of living
- 78
- Religious
- 46.9%
- Property crime
- about average
- Violent crime
- ▼ under half
History, in brief
- It used to be the centre of several industries, including a canning factory, a handle factory, a rubber factory, wagon shops, blacksmith shops, harness shops and grist mills. about 0:06:15
- It now has no industry and is purely residential, with a lot of farming around it. about 0:05:52
- A Corel potato chip factory operates in the town and is a local favourite. about 0:06:55
- The Falls House was built in 1818 and was the oldest continuously operated tavern in the state, open for 115 years before it was condemned in 1934 and knocked down. about 0:07:25
- Three presidents stayed at the Falls House: Benjamin Harrison, who brought his wife there for their honeymoon because he was impressed with the fishing, James Garfield and William McKinley. about 0:07:51
The reviews read out
3 stars
"Good place to live, but not many local jobs, just a few smaller retail places within a 15-minute drive; the community is good, family-oriented and small."about 0:08:59
3 stars
"Overall a nice place to live; there are some nicer areas and some shady areas, but you have that in about any town."about 0:09:43
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- North Canton, Ohio18 miles
- Coventry Township, Ohio24 miles
- Montville Township, Ohio33 miles
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio37 miles
- Hudson, Ohio41 miles
- Howland Township, Ohio59 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.