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Quiz about Akron Ohio
Quiz about Akron Ohio

Akron, Ohio Trivia Quiz


Calling all Akronites and others brave enough to dare this esoteric quiz! Remember when the smell of rubber was the smell of prosperity? How much do you know about The Rubber Capital of the World?

A multiple-choice quiz by Azazella. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Azazella
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
202,573
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
7 / 15
Plays
771
Last 3 plays: Guest 38 (2/15), Guest 172 (7/15), Guest 67 (7/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. In which year was the city of Akron founded? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Akron was founded by whom? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is the meaning of the name "Akron"? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Eliakim Crosby platted a second Akron just north of the first town. What was the original name of this second Akron? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What was the principal business street of Akron from its incorporation through the boom period of the early 1900s? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who was Akron's first mayor? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. When founded, Akron was part of Portage County. But what township was it in? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. A triangular piece of unplatted land created by the uneven tilt of the two original Akrons was known by what name? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Which of these famous people spent time in Akron? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Akron has many distinct neighborhoods. The old neighborhood along South Street near Grant Street was called what? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Akron's most famous industry was rubber manufacturing. What other industry was prevalent in Akron's early years? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. In 1851 a Women's Convention met at the Old Stone Church in Akron, where a now famous speech entitled "Ain't I a Woman?" was given by whom? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Who is credited with the push to create Akron Rural Cemetery, now Glendale Cemetery? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Which of the following 'trees' is NOT represented among Akron street names? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What is odd about Akron's "East Ave." Hint



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1. In which year was the city of Akron founded?

Answer: 1825

In 1811 there was discussion between Paul Williams and Simon Perkins as to the possibility of creating a town along the proposed canal route. In December 1825 the plat for the town was recorded in Ravenna, and Akron was born. Akron was at that time part of Portage County.

In 1833 a second Akron was founded just north of the first by Eliakim Crosby. In 1840 Summit County was created, and Akron (now comprised of both Perkin's and Crosby's towns) was named the county seat.
2. Akron was founded by whom?

Answer: Simon Perkins

Paul Williams was a local farmer who encouraged Simon Perkins to form the new town. He donated land for the town, and had to move his house as its location put him right in the middle of the newly created Broadway St. Eliakim Crosby founded a second Akron just north of the first. Seth Iredell was Akron's first mayor.
3. What is the meaning of the name "Akron"?

Answer: A High Place

Akron is Greek for 'a high place' and was named that because it was at the summit of the new Ohio and Erie Canal. (Although jaded Akron wintertime drivers might believe 'Town of Many Hills' to be more appropriate).
4. Eliakim Crosby platted a second Akron just north of the first town. What was the original name of this second Akron?

Answer: Cascade

The town was originally named Cascade, after Crosby's Cascade Mill Race that ran through it, but was usually just called north Akron by the locals. It became part of Akron in 1836. Middlebury, a small manufacturing village to the east was later annexed to Akron also.

Although Crosby's name was not immortalized in the name of his town, it is still remembered today in Crosby Street and Crosby Elementary School on West Hill.
5. What was the principal business street of Akron from its incorporation through the boom period of the early 1900s?

Answer: Howard Street

Howard Street, named after Eliakim Crosby's son in law, Charles Howard, was the main business street of early Akron. All east/west house numbers are generated based on Howard as a middle point. Main Street gradually eclipsed Howard, and in the early 1960s South Howard, Akron's original 'downtown', was plowed under for urban renewal. South Canal Street met a similar fate. North Howard and North Canal, although still in existence near downtown, have become increasingly hard to locate.
6. Who was Akron's first mayor?

Answer: Seth Iredell

Seth Iredell, the Whig candidate, defeated Eliakim Crosby, the Democratic candidate, 91-75 to become Akron's first mayor in 1836.
7. When founded, Akron was part of Portage County. But what township was it in?

Answer: Portage Township

At its inception, Akron was just a tiny dot in the middle of Portage Township but as it grew it eventually swallowed up the entire township and grabbed parts of the neighboring townships of Copley, Coventry, Springfield and Tallmadge.
8. A triangular piece of unplatted land created by the uneven tilt of the two original Akrons was known by what name?

Answer: The Gore

The Gore, lying between the two Akrons on the east, became the principal building area for Akron's first churches and municipal buildings. By constructing them there, favoritism was shown to neither the north nor the south part of town.
9. Which of these famous people spent time in Akron?

Answer: All of them

Thomas Edison married Mina Miller, the daughter of Akron industrialist Lewis Miller in Miller's Oak Park Hill estate on 24 Feb 1886. The house still stands and commands a lovely view of Akron's downtown area. John Brown, the abolitionist, moved to Akron in 1844, where he worked for several years raising sheep for Simon Perkins Jr. Clark Gable lived briefly in Akron in 1919 and 1920, working in the Miller Rubber shop, and later landing a job as a callboy at the Akron Music Hall.
10. Akron has many distinct neighborhoods. The old neighborhood along South Street near Grant Street was called what?

Answer: Goosetown

Goosetown was the home of a large German-born population around the turn of the century. The name referred to the belief that Germans were fond of eating goose. Goosetown today lies on both sides of the east Expressway between Grant and Brown. Spicertown, named after settler Miner Spicer, lies to the east of Akron University. Middlebury was in existence a good ten years before Akron's founding, and is now centered around the junctures of Case Ave/E. Market and Johnston St/Arlington. Ellet lies in southeast Akron, adjacent to Springfield Twp.
11. Akron's most famous industry was rubber manufacturing. What other industry was prevalent in Akron's early years?

Answer: All of them

Many potteries sprang up in east Akron, manufacturing everything from sewer pipe to marbles. Robinson Clay Products was the best known. The Pfleuger Company made fishing tackle that is still prized today by fisherman all over the world (just check EBay!). Ferdinand Schumacher was responsible for introducing oatmeal into the Akron diet and spawned the oat milling industry in and around Akron, which culminated in Crowell's Quaker Oats Co. Akron was also home to the Buckeye Mower and Reaper Works, which became International Harvester; O.C. Barber's Diamond Match Co., and Saalfield Publishers, famous for its children's books.
12. In 1851 a Women's Convention met at the Old Stone Church in Akron, where a now famous speech entitled "Ain't I a Woman?" was given by whom?

Answer: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth, a former slave, captivated a skeptical audience with her impromptu speech "Ain't I a Woman?" Hundreds afterward rushed to congratulate her and shake her hand.
13. Who is credited with the push to create Akron Rural Cemetery, now Glendale Cemetery?

Answer: Jedediah Commins

In 1837 Jedediah Commins visited Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Boston, where he was impressed by its naturalistic landscape. His young son had recently died and Commins did not want him buried in the old cemetery on Miner Spicer's land, which was mostly clay and was very watery.

As one of the town leaders, Commins used his influence and Glendale Cemetery was created in 1839. His son was one of the first burials. Where they kept the body in the two year interim is probably best left to speculation...
14. Which of the following 'trees' is NOT represented among Akron street names?

Answer: Apple St.

Downtown and the area immediately surrounding it supported such arboreal nomenclature as Locust, Poplar, Pine, Maple, Walnut, Beech, Hickory, Ash, Cherry, Oak, Chestnut, Cedar, Willow and Aspen. Elm St. is located in east Akron, Plum in Goodyear Heights, and Fir and Spruce are on old Fir Hill. A number of odder tree names (Palmetto, Basswood) are found in the vicinity of South Main St.
15. What is odd about Akron's "East Ave."

Answer: It is in west Akron

East Avenue for some odd reason is located in West Akron. Akron has a number of streets too narrow to be anything other than walkways, most notably Wybel Ct. on West Hill and Knecht Ct. in south Akron. Sand Run Parkway, near the northern border of Akron, is the only Akron street to ford a stream. South Bates St., an old brick roadway off West Market, makes a 90 degree turn and goes down an incredibly steep hill to its end at Glendale Ave.

It is popularly known as Cadillac Hill. Akron's North Street and South Street did once mark the upper and lower boundaries of Akron, and there is a small West St., properly located west of downtown on West Hill.

It is a mystery what East Avenue was thought to be east of...
Source: Author Azazella

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