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Summit County is an urban county
County

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 located in the state
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 of Ohio
Ohio

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, United States
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. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In 2007 the population was estimated to be 543,487 . Its county seat
County seat

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 is Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. It is named
List of Ohio county name etymologies

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 because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal
Ohio and Erie Canal

The Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed in the early 1800s, which connected Akron, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio with the Cuyahoga River near the Cuyahoga's mouth on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio, Scioto County, Ohio, and then conne...
 was located here.

Summit County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area
Akron metropolitan area

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in northeastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Akron, Ohio....
.

ain article: Ohio county government
Ohio county government

Ohio county government is the structure of official managerial and legal bodies of the List of Ohio counties of Ohio, USA. It is marked by a loose organization and a diffusion of power, the basic framework not having been changed since the Nineteenth century....
 Summit County is the only county of the 88 in Ohio that has a charter
Charter

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 government, as authorized by the Article X of the Ohio Constitution
Ohio Constitution

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Summit County is an urban county
County

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 located in the state
U.S. state

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 of Ohio
Ohio

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, United States
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. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In 2007 the population was estimated to be 543,487 . Its county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 is Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. It is named
List of Ohio county name etymologies

This list of Ohio county name etymologies lists the 88 county of the U.S. state of Ohio, with the date of their creation. There is significant disagreement among the etymologists who have addressed the origins of many of these names....
 because the highest elevation on the Ohio and Erie Canal
Ohio and Erie Canal

The Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed in the early 1800s, which connected Akron, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio with the Cuyahoga River near the Cuyahoga's mouth on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio, Scioto County, Ohio, and then conne...
 was located here.

Summit County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area
Akron metropolitan area

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in northeastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Akron, Ohio....
.

Government

Main article: Ohio county government
Ohio county government

Ohio county government is the structure of official managerial and legal bodies of the List of Ohio counties of Ohio, USA. It is marked by a loose organization and a diffusion of power, the basic framework not having been changed since the Nineteenth century....
 Summit County is the only county of the 88 in Ohio that has a charter
Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified....
 government, as authorized by the Article X of the Ohio Constitution
Ohio Constitution

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. Under its , rather than three elected commissioners, Summit County has an elected County Executive and an eleven member County Council. Summit County also has an appointed Medical Examiner rather than an elected Coroner, and an elected Fiscal Officer, who exercises the powers and performs the duties of a county auditor, treasurer and recorder. The remaining officials are similar to the officials in other counties. They include the following:

  • Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (elected)
  • Prosecuting Attorney (elected)
  • Engineer (elected)
  • Sheriff (elected)


County Executives

  • John E. Morgan, 1981-1989
  • Tim Davis, 1989-2001
  • James B. McCarthy, 2001-2007
  • Russell M. Pry, 2007-Present


Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of 420 square mile
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s (1,088 kmē): 413 square miles (1,069 kmē) land, and 7 square miles (19 kmē) (1.75%) water. The largest portion of Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio in northeast Ohio....
 is located in the northern part of the county.

Major Highways

  • Interstate 76 (east)
    Interstate 76 (east)

    Interstate 76 is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles from an interchange with Interstate 71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey....
  • Interstate 77
    Interstate 77

    Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio....
  • Interstate 80
    Interstate 80

    Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States . It connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City....
     (Ohio Turnpike
    Ohio Turnpike

    File:JBHuntOnOhioTurnpike.JPGFile:2003 OhioTurnpike.jpgFile:Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza.JPGThe Ohio Turnpike is a -long, limited-access toll road in the U.S....
    )
  • Interstate 271
    Interstate 271

    Interstate 271 is a major spur highway in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and Akron, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway is officially designated the "Cleveland Outerbelt East", but rarely referred to by that name....
  • Interstate 277 (Ohio)
    Interstate 277 (Ohio)

    Interstate 277 is a connector route linking Interstate 76 and Interstate 77 in Akron, Ohio. It was completed in 1970 and shares its entire length with U.S....
  • Interstate 480 (Ohio)
    Interstate 480 (Ohio)

    Interstate 480 is a loop highway that connects the Ohio Turnpike with suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The highway is officially designated the Outerbelt South Freeway, but rarely referred to by that name....
  • U.S. Route 224
    U.S. Route 224

    U.S. Route 224 is a spur of U.S. Route 24. It currently runs for 289 miles from New Castle, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Route 18 to Huntington, Indiana at U.S....


Adjacent Counties

  • Cuyahoga County, Ohio
    Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,393,978....
     - north
  • Geauga County, Ohio
    Geauga County, Ohio

    Geauga County , } is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for a Indigenous peoples of the Americas word meaning "raccoon"....
     - northeast corner
  • Portage County, Ohio
    Portage County, Ohio

    Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 152,061. Its county seat is Ravenna, Ohio. Portage County is List of Ohio county name etymologies for the portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River Rivers....
     - east
  • Stark County, Ohio
    Stark County, Ohio

    Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 378,098. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
     - south
  • Wayne County, Ohio
    Wayne County, Ohio

    Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States, and is List of Ohio county name etymologies for General Anthony Wayne....
     - southwest
  • Medina County, Ohio
    Medina County, Ohio

    Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 151,095. The 2004 projected population was estimated at 165,370....
     - west


Demographics


As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 542,899 people, 217,788 households, and 144,611 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density

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 was 1,315 people per square mile (508/kmē). There were 230,880 housing units at an average density of 559 per square mile (216/kmē). The racial makeup of the county was 83.50% White
Race (United States Census)

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, 13.19% Black
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 or African American
Race (United States Census)

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, 0.20% Native American
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, 1.41% Asian
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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
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, 0.29% from other races
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, and 1.39% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race. 20.3% were of German
Germans

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, 10.1% Irish
Irish people

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, 9.2% Italian
Italian people

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, 8.2% English
English people

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 and 7.9% American
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 ancestry according to Census 2000. 94.6% spoke English
English language

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 and 1.2% Spanish
Spanish language

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 as their first language.

There were 217,788 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.10% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 12.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.60% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 25.00% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,304, and the median income for a family was $52,200. Males had a median income of $40,117 versus $26,831 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the county was $22,842. About 7.50% of families and 9.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

Communities


Cities

  • Akron
    Akron, Ohio

    Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
  • Barberton
    Barberton, Ohio

    Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
  • Cuyahoga Falls
    Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

    Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 49,374. It is currently the second largest city in Summit County....
  • Fairlawn
    Fairlawn, Ohio

    Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. An affluent suburb of Akron, Ohio, its population was 7,307 at the United States Census 2000....
  • Green
    Green, Ohio

    Green is an affluent suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,817 at the United States Census 2000. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron, Ohio and Canton, Ohio, although it is technically part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
  • Hudson
    Hudson, Ohio

    Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,439 at the United States Census 2000, making it the 389th List of Midwestern cities by size....
  • Macedonia
    Macedonia, Ohio

    Macedonia is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,224 at the United States Census 2000. Macedonia is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
  • Munroe Falls
    Munroe Falls, Ohio

    Munroe Falls, formerly a section of Stow and Tallmadge townships, is a city located in the northeast portion of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, near Kent, Ohio and south of Stow, Ohio....
  • New Franklin
    New Franklin, Ohio

    New Franklin is a city located at the southern edge of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the northeastern part of the state. It is bounded by Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, as well as the cities of Barberton, Ohio and Norton, Ohio to the north; by Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio; by Clinton, Ohio to the southwest; by...
  • Norton
    Norton, Ohio

    Norton is a city in Summit County, Ohio and Wayne County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 11,523 at the United States Census 2000....
  • Stow
    Stow, Ohio

    Stow is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,139 at the United States Census 2000, and 34,051 as of 2007. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
  • Tallmadge
    Tallmadge, Ohio

    Tallmadge is a city in Summit County, Ohio and Portage County, Ohio counties in Ohio, United States. It is also a suburb of Akron, Ohio and part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
  • Twinsburg
    Twinsburg, Ohio

    Twinsburg is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, a suburban city about halfway between Akron, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....


    • Villages

    • Boston Heights
      Boston Heights, Ohio

      Boston Heights is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,186 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
    • Clinton
      Clinton, Ohio

      Clinton is a village in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,337 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
    • Lakemore
      Lakemore, Ohio

      Lakemore is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,561 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
    • Mogadore
      Mogadore, Ohio

      Mogadore is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio and Summit County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
    • Northfield
      Northfield, Ohio

      Northfield is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,827 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
  • Peninsula
    Peninsula, Ohio

    Peninsula is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 602 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
  • Reminderville
    Reminderville, Ohio

    Reminderville is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,347 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....
  • Richfield
    Richfield, Ohio

    Richfield is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,286 at the United States Census 2000. The village and surrounding Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio are fast-growing, rural/suburban communities, known for good schools and being equidistant between the downtown areas of Akron, Ohio and Cleve...
  • Silver Lake
    Silver Lake, Ohio

    Silver Lake is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States of America. It is an affluent suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....


    • Townships

    • Bath
      Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio

      Bath Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 9,635 people in the township....
    • Boston
      Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio

      Boston Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 1,664 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
    • Copley
      Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio

      Copley Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 13,641 people in the township....
  • Coventry
    Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Coventry Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 10,900 people in the township....
  • Northfield Center
    Northfield Center Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Northfield Center Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 4,931 people in the township....
  • Richfield
    Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Richfield Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 5,424 people in the township, 2,138 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
  • Sagamore Hills
    Sagamore Hills Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Sagamore Hills Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 9,340 people in the township....
  • Springfield
    Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Springfield Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 15,168 people in the township....
  • Twinsburg
    Twinsburg Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Twinsburg Township is one of the nine civil township of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,153 people in the in the unincorporated portions of the township....


    • Defunct townships

    • Franklin
    • Green
    • Hudson
      Hudson Township, Summit County, Ohio

      Hudson Township was one of the 16 original townships in Summit County, Ohio. When created, it occupied survey Range 10, Town 4 in the Connecticut Western Reserve and was about in area....
    • Norton
  • Northampton
    Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Northampton was one of the 16 original townships in Summit County, Ohio. It was in the middle of Summit County, bordering Akron, Ohio and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio....
  • Portage
    Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio

    Portage Township was one of the 16 original townships in Summit County, Ohio. It was in the middle of Summit County, containing Akron, Ohio and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and earlier part of Middlebury, Ohio....
  • Stow


    • Census-designated places

    • Montrose-Ghent
      Montrose-Ghent, Ohio

      Montrose-Ghent is a census-designated place in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, composed of the unincorporated area of Montrose, Ohio and Ghent, Ohio....
    • Pigeon Creek
      Pigeon Creek, Ohio

      Pigeon Creek is a census-designated place in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 945 at the United States Census 2000....
    • Portage Lakes
      Portage Lakes, Ohio

      Portage Lakes is a census-designated place in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,870 at the United States Census, 2000....


    Other communities

    • Ghent
      Ghent, Ohio

      Ghent is an unincorporated community in central Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It lies in the area of Granger and Cleveland-Massillon Roads just north of the Ghent Road exit of Interstate 77....
    • Hammond's Corners
    • Montrose
      Montrose, Ohio

      Montrose is an area on the border between the Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio and Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio Townships of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States....


    Colleges and Universities

    • University of Akron
      University of Akron

      The University of Akron is a Public university institution of higher learning located in Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church of America....


    Parks

    • Cuyahoga Valley National Park
      Cuyahoga Valley National Park

      Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio in northeast Ohio....
       (also extends north into Cuyahoga County)
    • Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
      Metro Parks, Serving Summit County

      Metro Parks, Serving Summit County is a Metroparks system serving the citizens of Summit County, Ohio by managing over 8,800 acres in 13 parks and conservation areas....


    External links

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