[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.62 square miles (27.51 km2), all land.

[10] The Blue Tip Festival is an annual event which includes a parade, amusement rides, foods, midway games, merchants, entertainment, and contests.

The festival is named after the strike-anywhere blue tip matches which were once manufactured in Wadsworth until the 1980s.

The district has benefited from the support of the community, which passed six of the last seven levies put before the voters.

In addition, the district voters supported the Medina County Sales Tax (the first in Ohio), at a rate of 74% for the levy.

[12] Wadsworth is served by a daily newspaper, The Medina County Gazette,[13] which is published every day of the week except Sundays.

In addition, the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer occasionally cover the city and Medina County.