Akron | |
Category: | City |
Continent: | North America |
Country: | United States of America |
State: | Ohio |
Akron is a city located in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the county seat of Summit County and is the fifth largest city in the state. The city was founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams, along the Little Cuyahoga River at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄκρον : ákron signifying a summit or high point. It was briefly renamed South Akron after Eliakim Crosby founded nearby North Akron in 1833, until both merged into an incorporated village in 1836. In the 1910s, Akron doubled in population, making it the nation's fastest-growing city. A long history of rubber and tire manufacturing, carried on today by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, gave Akron the nickname "Rubber Capital of the World". It was once known as a center of airship development. Today, its economy includes manufacturing, education, healthcare, and biomedical research; leading corporations include Gojo Industries, FirstEnergy, Huntington Bank, and Charter Spectrum.
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- Dead Next Door, The
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
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- Akron, Ohio redirects to this page.
- In the movie Needful Things, the character of Leland Gaunt mentions about having once set up shop in Akron. Presumably, things didn't go very well there for the residents.
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