Garrettsville is a village in northeastern Portage County, Ohio, United States.

The village was formed from portions of Hiram, Nelson, Freedom, and Windham townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve.

Colonel John Garrett III purchased 300 acres (120 ha) of land in Nelson Township, then part of Trumbull County, in 1803, the year Ohio became a state.

[6] By 1864, residents in the area around the mill had built up a settlement, which was incorporated as a village on September 1, 1864.

Karpis and his gang stole $30,000, and obtained a private airplane to escape to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Karpis was eventually convicted of his crimes, and was imprisoned at Alcatraz longer than any other inmate.

[7] On March 22, 2014, a large fire broke out downtown, burning approximately one city block and 13 businesses to the ground.

Despite the size of the fire nobody was seriously injured; although one Windham firefighter suffered from smoke inhalation.

[9] The Garrettsville-Hiram Chamber of Commerce reports that at the beginning of the 20th century, Garrettsville was the largest center in the world for the processing of maple syrup.

This was due largely to the efforts of Arthur Crane, who canned this maple tree product at a cannery on Windham Street.

The younger Crane married Grace Edna Hart in the village on June 1, 1898.

In 1899, Grace gave birth to Harold Hart Crane, who later became renowned as a poet.

This annual summer event hosts many attractions including canoe races, a tractor parade, the Garrettsville Idol contest, and a car or cash raffle.