Lorain County Community College was granted a charter to serve Lorain County's higher education needs on July 15, 1963. In 1964, the citizens of Lorain County supported a 1.25 mil levy to provide funding for their college. That same year, the Lorain School of Technology was incorporated into LCCC, and the first classes were held in the summer in rented facilities. In its first fall of operation, 1,006 students registered for credit classes at LCCC. In 1966, LCCC moved to its current location on North Abbe Road, in Elyria, making LCCC the first community college in Ohio to have a permanent campus.