1924: State Route 94 was formed. It originally ran from Riceland, a village south of Orrville, to what was then State Route 36[2] (now State Route 585) north of Orrville.
1926: Extended north to Cleveland and its current northern terminus along a formerly unnumbered road.
1935: Extended again, this time southward to U.S. Route 250.
1938: Extended past U.S. Route 250 to the town of Fredericksburg.
1963: The route is truncated from Fredericksburg to U.S. Route 30 at Riceland. The former route is now Wayne County Route 94A (Carr Road).
1969: State Route 57 is extended along the existing route of State Route 94 from Riceland to State Route 585[2] (formerly State Route 5). State Route 94 is rerouted from Wadsworth to its current southern terminus at Mount Eaton.[3]