Akron (Ohio) - Wink Travel Guide

Akron is a medium sized city located in the Northeast Ohio region in Summit County in the State of Ohio in the United States.

Akron is called the City of Invention but was formerly known as the Rubber Capital of the World, and before that, as the original home of Quaker Oats, and before that, as a pottery works.

Built right on the southern edge of the Connecticut Western Reserve, Akron really grew by selling gravity.

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