Akron is located in Summit County,
Ohio, and is 30 miles south of Cleveland.
Akron was founded by Simon Perkins in
1825 and developed into a canal town on the Ohio and Erie Canal.
As railroads
replaced the canal system, the rubber industry grew under the entrepreneurship
of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling, and Harvey Firestone.
The
presence of B.F. Goodrich, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Firestone, and General
Tire led Akron to become the Rubber Capital of the World.
Great cereal mills,
such as the Quaker Oats Company were also located in Akron. |
Now, Akron is a world-renowned center
of polymer research, and development.
The Polymer Science Institute of the University
of Akron has made us an international leader in education in the polymer field.
More than 35,000 people in the Akron area are employed in approximately 400 polymer
related companies.
Akron is also home to many small manufacturing firms, and has
a large variety of retail establishments and shopping complexes.
ZIP codes for
Akron OH 44301, 44302, 44303, 44304, 44305, 44306, 44307, 44308, 44310, 44311,
44312, 44313, 44314, 44319, 44320, 44321,44333. |
