Van Wert

Van Wert is a city in Northwest Ohio. It is the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, USA.

Understand

Visitor Information

• Van Wert Convention & Visitors Bureau, 136 E Main St, ☏ +1 419 238-9378, toll-free: +1 877 989-2282. (updated Jan 2019)

Get in

By car

• U.S. Route 30. Van Wert can be accessed by US 30 which provides connection to Upper Sandusky, Bucyrus, Ontario, Mansfield, Wooster and Canton to the east and Fort Wayne, Indiana to the west.

See

Downtown Van Wert

• 1 Van Wert County Courthouse. A historic courthouse. The first building to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (updated Nov 2018)
• 2 Round Barn (Clayton Hoover Round Barn). (updated Nov 2018)
• Ven Wert County Historical Society. (updated Nov 2018)
• 3 Wassenberg Arts Center, 214 S Washington St, ☏ +1 419 238-6837, info@wassenbergartcenter.org. (updated Jan 2019)

Do

Fountain Park

• 1 Van Wert Bandstand. A small venue for music. (updated Nov 2018)
• 2 Van Wert County Fair. (updated Nov 2018)
• 3 Van Wert Civic Theater (VWCT). (updated Jan 2019)

Learn

• Vantage Career Center, 818 N Franklin St, ☏ +1 419-238-5411, toll-free: +1-800-686-3944. Offers a number of short term training programs. (updated Jun 2020)

Buy

Besides the Walmart and the Van Wert Towne Center on Van Wert's northside, the people of Van Wert, Ohio must travel anywhere from 40 minutes to 1 hour northwest on U.S. Route 30 to the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana to get to the closet major shopping mall and biggest retail shopping area.

• 1 Van Wert Town Center. Shopping center. Despite the name, it's on the north end of town. (updated Jan 2019)

Eat

• The Orchard Tree, 1058 W Main St. (updated Jan 2019)
• Wild Wily's Pizza (WW), 209 S Washington St, ☏ +1 419 238-9000. (updated Jun 2020)

Drink

There are plenty of choices for alcohol. Most grocery stores carry it, as well as the gas stations, drive-throughs and convenience stores.

• Black Angus on Main, 222 E Main St, ☏ +1 419 232-2999, info@blackangusonmain.com. (updated Jan 2019)

Sleep

• Comfort Inn Van Wert, 840 N. Washington St, ☏ +1 419 232-6040, fax: +1 419-232-6210. 57 rooms, centrally located. 
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Van Wert, 140 Valam Dr, ☏ +1 419 238-2600. 

Connect

Brumback Library

• 1 United States Post Office, Main Office, 314 E. Main St, ☏ +1 419 238-1678, fax: +1 419-238-6270. M-F 8:30AM to 4:30PM; Sa 9AM to noon. Package and shipping price varies. 
• 2 Brumback Library, Main Branch, 215 W Main St, ☏ +1 419 238-2168. M-Th 9:30AM to 7:30PM; F 9:30AM to 5PM; Sa 9:30AM to 3:30PM. The main library offers free Internet access, although you may have to obtain a library card first. A historic library stylized like a Gothic castle, and the first free public library in the USA to serve an entire county. (updated Apr 2020)

Cope

Hospitals

• 3 Van Wert County Hospital, 1250 S Washington St, ☏ +1 419 238-2390. 

Newspapers

• Times Bulletin. The only daily newspaper published in the Van Wert area. (updated Nov 2018)

Go next

• Fort Wayne is about 40 minutes northwest on U.S. Route 30.
• Mansfield is about 1 hour and 54 minutes east on U.S. Route 30.
• Canton is about 3 hours east on U.S. Route 30.

Routes through Van Wert

Fort Wayne ← Convoy ←	W  E	→ Delphos → Lima via
Lansing ← Jackson ←	N  S	→ Jct W E → Hamilton → Cincinnati
Ends at ← Huntington ←	W  E	→ Findlay → Akron