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Summit County began to emerge in 1788 from half Indian Territory and half
of Washington County. In 1797 Summit was half in Wayne and half in Jefferson
Counties. By 1803 all of Summit County was located in the new Trumbull County
except Franklin & Green Townships. By 1807 Summit was located in Portage
County. By 1818 Summit was half in Medina County and half in Portage County.
Created in legislature on February 28, 1840 and celebrated
publicly on March 4, 1840, Summit was finally formed from Medina & Portage
Counties and two townships from Stark County.
In 1825 Summit consisted of 209 households, 1,517 horses,
8,767 cattle, 1 carriage and 460,008 acres. Today Summit County has approximately
514,000 people, 260,195 miles of roads and 419.38 square miles of property.
The first white persons to live in this county were Mary Campbell and
Mrs. Stuart. They had been captured by Indians during a raid in
Pennsylvania. They were held captive by the Delawares (1789) at their
village in Big Falls of the Cuyahoga.
Suspected underground
railroad operators in Summit
County
John Brown, Jason Brown, John Clarke, Ezra Hudson
Summit County places on the National Historic Register
Stan Hywet Hall;
Akron
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