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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 153 newspaper titles published in Summit County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 3 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 189 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Akron, Peninsula, Clinton.
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Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Summit. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
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Front pages from Summit papers published on November 5 in past years. Refreshed when the site data is rebuilt (weekly now; could be daily).
“AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT FAIR AND COOL VOLUME NINE NUMBER AKRON OHIO MOISTDAY EVENING NOVEMBEIt igm PRICE ONE GENT DEMOCRATS VOTE DISAPPOINTING Was Saturday NightsRed Fire Demonstration OOOOCX3COCO III…”
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121 of 189 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Summit was formed in 1840 (1840-03-03) from Medina, Portage, Stark.
SUMMIT created from MEDINA, PORTAGE, and STARK.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Summit County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22,560 | 27,344 | 43,788 | 71,715 | 286,065 | 339,405 | 410,032 | 513,569 | 524,472 | 542,899 | 540,428 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).
| Site | Type | Dist. |
|---|---|---|
| CUVA | Park unit | 16.8 km |
Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.
66 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Akron Hebrew Cemetery |
| All Saints Cemetery |
| Bath Center Cemetery |
| Boston Mills Cemetery |
| Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| Chestnut Hill Memorial Cemetery |
| Clinton Cemetery |
| Copley Cemetery |
| Crown Hill Cemetery |
| Dewey Cemetery |
| Draper Cemetery |
| East Akron Cemetery |
| East Bath Cemetery |
| East Liberty Cemetery |
| Edwin Shaw Sanitarium Cemetery |
| Ellet Cemetery |
| Fairview Cemetery |
| Fairview Cemetery |
| Glendale Cemetery |
| Greenlawn Memorial Park |
| Greensburg Cemetery |
| Greenwood Cemetery |
| Grill Cemetery |
| Harrington Cemetery |
| Hillside Memorial Park |
| Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Ira Cemetery |
| Keiser Cemetery |
| Lakewood Cemetery |
| Lockwood Cemetery |
| Locust Grove Cemetery |
| Loyal Oak Cemetery |
| Manchester Cemetery |
| Maple Hill Cemetery |
| Maple Lawn Cemetery |
| Markillie Cemetery |
| Middlesbury Cemetery |
| Milheim Cemetery |
| Montrose Cemetery |
| Morris Chapel Cemetery |
| Mount Hope Cemetery |
| New Tallmadge Cemetery |
| Northampton Center Cemetery |
| Northfield - Macedonia Cemetery |
| Northlawn Memorial Gardens |
| Norton Center Cemetery |
| O'Brien Cemetery |
| Oakwood Cemetery |
| Old Hudson Township Burying Ground Cemetery |
| Old Tallmadge Cemetery |
| Osborn Corners Cemetery |
| Pleasant Valley Cemetery |
| Revere Cemetery |
| Rose Hill Burial Park |
| Saint Augustine Cemetery |
| Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery |
| Saint Vincents Cemetery |
| Slovak Evangelical Cemetery |
| Spicer Cemetery (historical) |
| Springfield Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Stimson Cemetery |
| Tallmadge Memorial Park (historical) |
| Washburn Memorial Park |
| West Richfield Cemetery |
| Western Star Cemetery |
| Wheatley Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Bosworth |
| Cascade |
| Chaffee |
| Iron Bridge |
| Sherman |
| Wheelock |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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