Photo #26173 - Community of Orwell, Ohio Photo Orwell, Ohio highway sign Welcome to Orwell. Incorporated in 1817, the village of Orwell is in the heart of an area known as 'Grand Valley'. City of Cleveland to Ohio / Pennsylvania State Line Look no further than Ohio for repelling down majestic bluffs, angling for a champion-sized catch, biking along the more than 500 miles of designated paths and canoeing on Ohio's scenic rivers.