Barberton (Ohio)
| Barberton | |||
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 OC Barber Piggery, Barberton |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1891 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Summit County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 1 ′ N , 81 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 27,899 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,197.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.9 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 23.3 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 297 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44203 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-03828 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1037625 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbarberton.com | ||
Barberton is a city in County Summit in the American state of Ohio . The city has just under 28,000 inhabitants. (As of the 2000 census .) Barberton is a suburb of Akron .
history
Barberton was created in 1891 by the entrepreneur OC Barber (1841-1920), who founded the Diamond Match Company in 1880. Barber relocated his company to the newly created city, where the Diamond Match Company drew a large workforce and thus contributed to the rapid growth of the city. Parts of the factory buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Diamond Match Historic District in 1996, making them a listed building. Today, Diamond Brands is still the leading match maker in the United States.
sons and daughters of the town
- Alvin Robertson (* 1962), NBA basketball player and 1984 Olympic champion.
- Betty Sutton (born 1963), politician
Web links
Commons : Barberton, Ohio - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- History of Barberton on the city's official website
- The Barberton Herald - Barberton's local newspaper
- Barberton Historical Society of Ohio with Anna Dean Farm and OC Barber Mansion
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, pp. 408-409. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)
- ^ OHIO - Summit County on the National Register of Historic Places: Diamond Match Historic District. (Added to the NRHP list in 1996, # 96000218)
- ^ Diamond Match Company on Ohio History Central