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Barberton was founded in 1891 by industrialist O.C. Barber, who planned the town according to his vision of industry, progress and community. In 1894 he moved the manufacturing operations of the Diamond Match Company , which he formed from a merger of 11 companies, from Akron to Barberton.
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Ohio, United States. [4] It is located in north-central Ohio, approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Columbus. The population was 35,999 at the 2020 census, down slightly from 36,837 at the 2010 census.
The Ohio Amish Country, also known simply as the Amish Country, is the second-largest community of Amish (a Pennsylvania Dutch group), with in 2023 an estimated 84,065 members according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. [2]
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation is an American hotel company founded in 1937 and based in Newton, Massachusetts. [2] Sonesta's largest hotels are in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and New Orleans. [3]
The Tigers take the field at the 2009 Music City Bowl. The Clemson Tigers football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Clemson University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Lima (/ ˈ l aɪ m ə / LY-mə [4]) is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 35,579. [6] It is located in northwest Ohio along Interstate 75, approximately 72 miles (116 km) north of Dayton, 78 miles (126 km) southwest of Toledo, and 63 mi (101 km) southeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The church was founded as the Church of Christ in western New York, in 1830 by Smith. Under Smith's leadership, the church's headquarters moved successively to Ohio , Missouri , and Illinois . After Smith's 1844 death and a resultant succession crisis , the majority of his followers sided with Brigham Young , who led the church to its current ...
The city is the original home of Little League Baseball, founded in 1939 as a three-team league. In the late 19th century, when Williamsport was known as "The Lumber Capital of the World" because of its thriving lumber industry, it also was the birthplace of the national newspaper Grit in 1882.