Akron

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city county seat

Akron is an industrial city in northeastern Ohio known historically for its rubber and tire manufacturing industry.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Akron, Ohio 8
Akron, Ohio, United States 5
Akron metropolitan area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 234 ⓘ
330 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Summit County ⓘ
demographicsFeature diverse urban population ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 40 miles south of Cleveland ⓘ
economicSector education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
founded 1825 ⓘ
governingBody Akron City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Akron Fulton International Airport ⓘ
Akron–Canton Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Akron Art Museum ⓘ
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (nearby) ⓘ
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Akron ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor rubber industry ⓘ
tire manufacturing ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1865 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Summit County ⓘ
knownFor manufacturing ⓘ
polymer research ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Ohio ⓘ
locatedNear Cuyahoga River ⓘ
Cuyahoga River ⓘ
surface form: Little Cuyahoga River
majorCompanyHistoricallyBased B.F. Goodrich Company ⓘ
Firestone ⓘ
surface form: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

General Tire ⓘ
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ⓘ
surface form: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
metropolitanAreaPopulationApprox 700000 ⓘ
namedFor Greek word "akron" meaning "summit" or "high point" ⓘ
nickname Rubber Capital of the World ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Akron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akron metropolitan area
populationRankInOhio fifth-largest city in Ohio ⓘ
postalCodeRange 44301–44399 ⓘ
sportsTeam Akron RubberDucks ⓘ
Akron Zips football team ⓘ
surface form: Akron Zips
state Ohio ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportationInfrastructure Interstate 76 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Route 8 ⓘ
transportCanal Ohio and Erie Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
John Dean → birthPlace → Akron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
Ohio → hasMajorCity → Akron ⓘ
Rust Belt → hasMajorCity → Akron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
Northern Ohio → includes → Akron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
Estadio Akron → namedAfter → Akron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio
Akron → partOfMetropolitanArea → Akron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron metropolitan area
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
LeBron James → placeOfBirth → Akron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
this entity surface form: Akron, Ohio, United States
Arnhem → twinnedWith → Akron ⓘ