Akron, Ohio

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The city of Akron is located in Summit County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Akron lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Cuyahoga Falls	51,008	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]
Tallmadge	17,296	E	4 mi [6.44 km]
Fairlawn	7,078	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]
Munroe Falls	5,199	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]
Barberton	26,777	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Akron Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Akron had a population of 217,074 people. This represented 1.91% of the total population of Ohio, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Akron had a population of 207,934 people. This is a decrease of 4.21% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Akron).

Akron is 1,050 feet [320.04 m] above sea level.^<3>

Official Website:   www.ci.akron.oh.us/

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Akron. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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