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| | Summit County, Ohio |
 | | Population of Summit in 1840, 22,469; 1860, 27,344; 1880, 43,788; of whom 29,198 were born in Ohio; 3,354, Pennsylvania; 1,644, New York; 182 Indiana; 124, Virginia; 42, Kentucky; 2,081, England and Wales; 2,275, German Empire; 1,321, Ireland; 499, British America; 207, Scotland; 200, France; and 109 Sweden and Norway. |
 | | Akron in 1846.—The large and flourishing town of Akron, the county-seat, is on the Portage summit of the Ohio canal, at the junction of the Pennsylvania canal, 36 miles from Cleveland and 110 northeast of Columbus. |
 | | Tribune an enthusiastic article, predicting that “Summit City” would become the “Lowell of the West.” Nevertheless, no more money could be raised for the future “Lowell,” and it “died a’bornin’.” The lands of the company, called the “Chuckery,” are now in the suburbs of Akron. |
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