Due to Eliakim Crosby founding 'North Akron' (Cascade) in 1833, 'South' was added to its name until the two merged into an incorporated village in 1836.

The name derived from the Greek word 'ἄκρον' signifying a summit or high point. Co-founded along the Little Cuyahoga River in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams, it was done so being a strategic point at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. It is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area, which in 2013 had a population of 3,501,538, ranking 15th. The Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) covers Summit and Portage counties, and in 2010 had a population of 703,200. As of the 2015 Census Estimate, the city proper had a total population of 197,542, making it the 119th largest city in the United States. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, approximately 39 miles (63 km) south of Lake Erie. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.

About Akron, Canton, and Youngstown, OhioĪkron / ˈ æ k r ən / is the fifth-largest city in the U.S.

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