Akron, Ohio

Akron was founded in 1825 near the Ohio and Erie Canal, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at a staircase of locks. The locks were needed due to the higher elevation of the area, which gave rise to the name Summit County as well as Akron, which is a rough translation of summit into Greek (Stewart, pg. 233). After the decline of heavy manufacturing in the 1970s and '80s, the city's industry has since diversified into research, financial, and high tech sectors.

www.ci.akron.oh.us/
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron,_Ohio
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Coordinates:  41°5'5"N 81°30'47"W

Comments

  • Birthplace of athlete Lebron James, the Akron Hammer, who bailed on Ohio and joined the Miami Heat.
  • The Black Keys motherfucka'!!!