Canal Fulton
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Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1826 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Stark County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 53 ′ N , 81 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,479 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 652.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8.6 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.4 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 290 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44614 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-11304 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1060923 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofcanalfulton-oh.gov | ||
| Mayor : | John Grogan | ||
Canal Fulton is a community in Stark County in the US state of Ohio , about 25 km south of Akron . The village has about 5000 inhabitants (as of the 2010 census ). In 1982, parts of the village were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Canal Fulton Historic District .
history
In 1822, planning began in Ohio for the construction of a canal that would connect Lake Erie with the Ohio River . After the State Canal Commission decided on a course of the Ohio-Erie Canal east of the Tuscarawas River , 25 new villages were created there between 1824 and 1836. Canal Fulton was founded in 1826 under the name Milan by two men from Canton, Ohio. In 1832 - after the Ohio-Erie Canal was completed - the village was renamed Canal Fulton in honor of the inventor Robert Fulton .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Stark County on the National Register of Historic Places, Entry # 82001488.
- ^ Canal Fulton Historic District at the National Park Service. (Retrieved March 15, 2009.)
- ^ Reuben Gold Thwaites: Early western travels, 1748-1846 . AH Clark Co., Cleveland (OH) 1904-1907, p. 157, footnote 170.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Work Projects Administration in the state of Ohio): The Ohio guide , edited by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Oxford University Press, New York 1940, p. 539.