Akron, Ohio

Akron is a large city in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is found near the Ohio & Lake Erie canal. It is home to the U.S. rubber industry, including Goodyear tires.

Akron, Ohio
City
Downtown Akron Akron Art Museum Canal Park Stan Hywet Hall Goodyear Airdock
Nicknames: Rubber City, City of Invention, Rubber Capital of the World (historical)
Interactive map of Akron
Location in Summit County, Ohio
Akron Location in the United States
Coordinates: 41°04′50″N 81°31′20″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Summit
Founded	1825
Incorporated	1836 (village)
Incorporated	1865 (city)
Named for	from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron) 'summit, high point'
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
Area [1]
• City	62.27 sq mi (161.29 km²)
• Land	61.93 sq mi (160.41 km²)
• Water	0.34 sq mi (0.88 km²) 0.55%
Elevation [2]	945 ft (288 m)
Population (2020)[3]
• City	190,469
• Rank	US: 136th
• Density	3,075.4/sq mi (1,187.4/km²)
• Urban	541,879 (US: 79th)
• Urban density	1,802.4/sq mi (695.9/km²)
• Metro	702,219 (US: 83rd)
Demonym	Akronite
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44301-44321, 44325-44326, 44328, 44333-44334, 44372, 44396, 44398
Area codes	234, 330
FIPS code	39-01000
GNIS feature ID	1086993[2]
Website	www.akronohio.gov

References

"ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Akron, Ohio
"QuickFacts: Akron city, Ohio". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

Other websites

Media related to Akron, Ohio at Wikimedia Commons
City of Akron
Akron, Ohio at the Encyclopædia Britannica

State of Ohio
Columbus (capital)
Topics	History Geography People Colleges and universities Motto
Society	Demographics Education
Regions	Lake Erie
Largest cities	Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Cuyahoga Falls Dayton Elyria Euclid Hamilton Kettering Lakewood Lorain Mansfield Mentor Middletown Newark Parma Springfield Toledo Youngstown
Counties	Adams Allen Ashland Ashtabula Athens Auglaize Belmont Brown Butler Carroll Champaign Clark Clermont Clinton Columbiana Coshocton Crawford Cuyahoga Darke Defiance Delaware Erie Fairfield Fayette Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Highland Hocking Holmes Huron Jackson Jefferson Knox Lake Lawrence Licking Logan Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning Marion Medina Meigs Mercer Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Morrow Muskingum Noble Ottawa Paulding Perry Pickaway Pike Portage Preble Putnam Richland Ross Sandusky Scioto Seneca Shelby Stark Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union Van Wert Vinton Warren Washington Wayne Williams Wood Wyandot

Municipalities and communities of Summit County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Akron
Cities	Akron Barberton Cuyahoga Falls Fairlawn Green Hudson Macedonia Munroe Falls New Franklin Norton‡ Reminderville Stow Tallmadge‡ Twinsburg	Map of Ohio highlighting Summit County
Villages	Boston Heights Clinton Lakemore Mogadore‡ Northfield Peninsula Richfield Silver Lake
Townships	Bath Boston Copley Coventry Northfield Center Richfield Sagamore Hills Springfield Twinsburg
CDPs	Montrose-Ghent Pigeon Creek Portage Lakes Sawyerwood Twinsburg Heights
Unincorporated communities	Bath Boston Botzum Brandywine Comet Copley Everett Ghent Greensburg Montrose Myersville Western Star‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

All-America City Award Hall of Fame (1949–2021)
Three-time winners	Alexandria, Virginia (1963, 1984, 1985) Allentown, Pennsylvania (1962, 1974, 1975) Asheville, North Carolina (1951, 1969, 1997) Bloomington, Indiana (1958, 1981, 1982) Boston, Massachusetts (1949, 1951, 1962) Cincinnati, Ohio (1949, 1950, 1981) Dayton, Ohio (1951, 1978, 1991) Delray Beach, Florida (1993, 2001, 2017) Edinburg, Texas (1968, 1995, 2000) Fayetteville, North Carolina (1985, 2001, 2011) Fort Worth, Texas (1964, 1993, 2011) Gastonia, North Carolina (1963, 2000, 2010) Grand Rapids, Michigan (1949, 1960, 1981) Hampton, Virginia (1972, 2002, 2014) Hickory, North Carolina (1967, 1987, 2007) Independence, Missouri (1961, 1982, 2001) Laurinburg, North Carolina (1956, 1967, 2003) Louisville, Kentucky (1963, 1995, 2012) Norfolk, Virginia (1959, 2013, 2016) Rochester, New York (1981, 1998, 2020) Seward, Alaska (1963, 1965, 2005) Shreveport, Louisiana (1953, 1980, 1999) Somerville, Massachusetts (1972, 2009, 2015) Spokane, Washington (1975, 2004, 2015) Tacoma, Washington (1956, 1984, 1998)
Four-time winners	Akron, Ohio (1980, 1981, 1995, 2008) Anchorage, Alaska (1956, 1965, 1985, 2002) Baltimore, Maryland (1952, 1977, 1991, 2012) Columbus, Ohio (1958, 1987, 1992, 2006) Fort Wayne, Indiana (1983, 1998, 2009, 2021) Grand Island, Nebraska (1955, 1967, 1981, 1982) New Haven, Connecticut (1958, 1998, 2003, 2008) Peoria, Illinois (1953, 1966, 1989, 2013) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1949, 1951, 1957, 1994) Rockville, Maryland (1954, 1961, 1977, 1979) Toledo, Ohio (1950, 1983, 1984, 1998)
Five-time winners	Cleveland, Ohio (1949, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1993) Dubuque, Iowa (2007, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019) El Paso, Texas (1969, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021) Phoenix, Arizona (1950, 1958, 1980, 1989, 2009) Stockton, California (1999, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018) Tupelo, Mississippi (1967, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2015) Wichita, Kansas (1961, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2019) Worcester, Massachusetts (1949, 1960, 1965, 1981, 2000)
Six-time winners	Des Moines, Iowa (1949, 1977, 1982, 2003, 2010, 2017)
Seven-time winners	Kansas City, Missouri (1950, 1951, 1986, 1994, 2006, 2017, 2021) Roanoke, Virginia (1952, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2012, 2017) San Antonio, Texas (1949, 1951, 1983, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)

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