Kent, Ohio

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Local Information for Kent, OH

Latitude: 41.150423 -- Longitude: -81.361109

Other Area Cities:   Northfield Center  Kent  Cuyahoga Falls  Akron  Aurora  Stow  Hudson  Ravenna  Streetsboro 

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Although European settlers had begun settling in the area by the 1700s, Kent was founded in 1805 by John Haymaker, who moved west from Pittsburgh and settled on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. After Haymaker built a gristmill, two villages quickly sprung up. The "upper" village was named Carthage and the "lower" village was named Franklin and later Franklin Mills. The region was formerly inhabited by various tribes of American Indians, and around 1780 the Indian fighter Captain Samuel Brady achieved notoriety for his activities in the area, including his famous leap over the Cuyahoga River to avoid capture. When construction began on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal in the 1830s, land speculation was rampant in many areas of Northeast Ohio along the canal, including Franklin Mills and Carthage. As a result of this, an industrial and business region was established along the river in what is now downtown Kent. -- Source: Wikipedia.com