Tree Service in Norton, OH

Tree Service in Norton looks more like country work than city work, even though Norton has been a city since 1969. It covers about 20.2 square miles of land with 11,673 residents, which works out to fewer than 600 people per square mile, a fraction of Akron's density. Lots are larger, houses sit farther apart, and many properties have a back line of woods or a row of trees left over from when the land was farmed. Census figures show 87.4% of homes are owner-occupied, one of the highest rates in the Akron area, and those owners tend to think about their trees in terms of decades.

From Wolf Creek Township to a city

Norton Township was organized in 1818 out of what had been Wolf Creek Township, after the first settlers arrived around 1810. The Ohio and Erie Canal ran through its southeastern corner from 1827 to 1913. It became a village in 1961 and a city on January 11, 1969. A sliver of the city, about 4.4 acres, even extends into Wayne County. The result is a place where subdivisions from the last fifty years sit beside older farmhouses and open land, often on the same road.

Space helps, but it doesn't make trees safe

More room means more options. On a big Norton lot we can sometimes fell a tree in one piece into open lawn instead of taking it down a few feet at a time, which keeps costs down. But big lots also mean bigger trees that have never been pruned, and long tree lines nobody has looked at closely since the ash started dying. We usually find a few problem trees on a walk-through that the owner hadn't noticed, often dead ash or cherry with broken tops.

Typical Norton requests

• Removing dead trees along back property lines before they fall into the yard or across a fence
• Opening up a crowded tree line so the healthy trees can fill in
• Pruning large yard trees over the house and detached garages or pole barns
• Clearing trees and brush for a new outbuilding, garden or driveway extension
• Grinding stumps, including the old ones left from years of DIY cutting

Parks and green space

Silver Creek Metro Park lies within Norton, and Columbia Woods Park hosts the city's Apple Cider Festival. Homes next to parkland and woods get wind on open edges and more deer browsing on young trees. If you're planting replacements near those edges, protect the trunks with guards for the first few years.

Utility clearance

Ohio Edison lists Norton among the Summit County communities on its tree-trimming program, which runs on a four-year cycle. The utility handles its primary lines. Branches around the service line to your house, and trees that keep growing back toward the wires, are a good thing to deal with between utility visits. We won't work near energized primary wires; if a tree is in them, the utility goes first.

Call for a walk-through

Call (330) 325-4776 or use the form. On larger properties, we'll walk the whole lot with you, mark the trees that matter, and give you a written estimate you can phase if you like. Get a free estimate