Adopt a Highway Program
A Safer Environment for Household Cleaners and Natural Remedies
Defiance County Environmental & Administrative Services also promotes the Adopt-A-Highway program. This program allows groups, individuals, families, etc. to “adopt” a two mile stretch of County roadway.
Defiance County Environmental & Administrative Services provides trash bags and will arrange pickup of the trash collected. The adopting group will be required to pickup up their requested two mile road, a minimum of four times a year and to adopt the roadway for a two year period. The adopting group will need to sign a contract for their roadway and a sign with their name (business or organizational name) will be erected on both ends of their two mile adopted road.
The State also has an Adopt-A-Highway program and people or organizations can adopt a two mile stretch of State Highways. To obtain more information on the State Adopt-A-Highway program, please contact Ted Foster at (419) 222-9055, or visit the Department of Transportation’s website.
Roads are available for adoption! If interested or if you want more information, please call 419-782-5442.
| ROAD LOCATION | NAME | MILES |
| Banner School Road - Domersville Rd to Independence Rd | Tinora Student Council | 2 |
| Behrens Road - Domersville to Adams Ridge Road | St. Michaels Ridge Parish | 2 |
| Breininger Road- St. Rt. 18 to Buckskin Road | The Rex Bassett Family | 2 |
| Canal Road - Winn Rd to Ball Rd | In Memory of Barb Breckler | 2 |
| Carpenter Road - St. Rt 424 to Jewell Road | Johns Manville Employees | 2.5 |
| Carter Road - St. Rt 15 S. to Ginter Road | Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church Youth Group | 1.2 |
| Co. Rd 424 E - Mile marker 6 to mile marker 8 | St. Paul's United Methodist Church | 2 |
| Co. Rd 424 W - The Bend Road to SR 127 | Sherwood Boy Scout Troop #139 | 2 |
| Coy Road - Blosser Rd to Buckskin | FV FCCLA | 2 |
| Defiance-Ayersville Pl Bend Road - Fruit Ridge Rd. to Def City Limits | Ayersville United Methodist Church Youth Group | |
| Domersville Road - Flory Road to Elliott Road | Liska Farms | 2 |
| Domersville Road - Flory Rd to Mekus Rd | A Cut Above the Rest Tree Service | 2.5 |
| Elliot Road - St. Rt. 66 to Domersville | Keller Logistics | |
| Farmer-Mark Road - St. Rte 2/249 to Blosser | Farmer Ag 4H | 2 |
| Fountain Street Road - St. Rt 127 to Farmer Mark | Danny Zeedyk Family | 4 |
| Hire Road - St. Rt. 281 to 1st mile of Fullmer | Fellowship Club | 1 |
| Holly Road & Def-Pldg Co Line Rd - St. Rt. 15 to Mansfield Rd | MLK Goat Farm | 2 |
| Jericho Road - Farmer Mark to State Route 127 | Danny Zeedyk Family | 4 |
| Jericho Road - Breininger Road to Farmer Mark Road | Denver Zeedyk Family | |
| Jericho Road - Price Road to Breininger Road | Mark Blue Ribbon 4-H Club | 2 |
| Jewell Road - State Route 66 to Domersville | Peace Lutheran Church | 2 |
| Kammeyer Road-St. Rt. 66 to Stever Road | Whippoorwills 4-H Club | 2 |
| Kinner Road - Blanchard Rd through Mansfield Rd | In memory of Richard "Dick" Couts, Sr. | 2 |
| Kiser Road - Canal to Krouse Rd | Shafer Family | 2 |
| Krouse Road - US 24 to Hammersmith Road | St. John Lutheran Church, Boy Scout Troop 75 | 2 |
| Moser Road - Bannerschool Rd to Mekus Road | St. Michaels Ridge Parish | 2 |
| Powers Road - Defiance Co Pldg Line to Canal Road | In Memory of Pete Simonis | 3 |
| Scott Road - Glenburg Rd to Mulligan Bluff | Vetter Family | 2 |
| Spencerville-Hicksville Road - Village limits to Ohio/Indiana State Line | Hicksville Kiwanis | 2.1 |
| Standley Road - Def-Ayers PL Bend to Hire Rd | Defiance Christian Church | |
| Standley Road - Hire Road to St. Rt 18 | B-Square 4-H Club | 1.8 |
| Stever Road - State Rt 15 to Flory Road | Mohr Family | 2 |
| The Bend Road - Def-Pldg Co Line to Delaware Bend RR | Sherwood Boy Scout Troop #139 | 2 |
| Watson Road - State Route 66 to Dohoney Road | Rollin Thunder Motorcycle Club | 2 |
| Whetstone Road - US 24 to Defiance/Paulding Line | In Memory of Alex Ellert | 1.5 |
State Adopt-A-Highway Members
Updated June 2016
| ROADS ADOPTED | GROUP NAME | >MILES |
| State Route 18 | Boy Scout Troop 139 Sherwood | 2 |
| US 24 | Complete Wireless Solutions | 2 |
| State Route 15 | Defiance College Ecology Club | 2 |
| State Route 66 | Defiance Rotary Club | 2 |
| State Route 66 | Defiance Unit IBEW Local | 2 |
| State Route 66 | Defiance Citizens in Action | 2 |
| State Route 127 | Fairview FFA | 2 |
| State Route 15 | Family & Friends of Stacie Heilman | 2 |
| State Route 18 | Gateway Chapel | 2 |
| State Route 18 | GM/UAW Defiance Plant | 2 |
| State Route 281 | GM/UAW Defiance Plant | 2 |
| State Route 66 | Det. #758 Marine Corps | 2 |
| State Route 2 | Hicksville Knights of Columbus | 2 |
| State Route 127 | Sherwood Masonic Lodge | 2 |
| State Route 281 | Sims Metal Management | 4 |
| State Route 18 | State Farm Insurance | 2 |
| State Route 15 | The Brown Family | 3 |
| State Route 66 | The Laurels of Defiance | 1 |
| US 24 | Time Warner Cable | 2 |
| State Route 127 | Williams Family | 2 |