Local events in Fairlawn
Fairlawn itself has 7 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Fairlawn
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
How Fairlawn began
Fairlawn began as a hamlet in Copley Township in 1891, when the Northern Ohio Railroad was built through the area and gave Copley an outlet; by 1908 it had a mill, a general store and a smithy. Its northeastern part was formed as the Village of Fairlawn within Copley Township in 1958 (Wikipedia says it was incorporated in 1960) and became a city in 1971 after the 1970 census, separating from the township completely on January 1, 1980. It is a Summit County city with 7,710 residents in 2020, and it holds Griffith Park, whose Fort Island mound carries a palisade dated A.D. 1000-1350 and a legend of a battle between the Erie and the Iroquois.
Settled 1891 (hamlet of Fairlawn, Copley Township), incorporated 1958 as the Village of Fairlawn within Copley Township (Copley's timeline; Wikipedia says 1960); city 1971; separated from Copley Township January 1, 1980, by grew up around the Northern Ohio Railroad built in 1891.
Where the name comes from
Doyle's 1908 county history says only that the Northern Ohio Railroad of 1891 'started a new hamlet, Fairlawn'; it does not say why the hamlet was so called.
Before the town
Fairlawn's Griffith Park (also known as Fort Island) preserves a glacial mound on which archaeologists discovered a Native palisade, remains of which have been dated to about AD 1000-1350, placing it within the Late Prehistoric period. Local folklore has long attributed the site to a battle between the Erie and the Iroquois, but the archaeological report finds no cultural artifacts connecting the palisade to the Erie, who cannot be documented within 100 miles of Fairlawn in any period, and notes that the dated remains are roughly two centuries or more later than the Erie's documented 'last stand' during the 1650s Beaver Wars; the palisade's actual builders are not established. No other Native village, mound, or treaty site specific to Fairlawn is documented. The city lies within the area opened to settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
- Fort Island (Griffith Park mound and palisade) (earthwork) — Griffith Park, Fairlawn, palisade remains dated AD 1000-1350 (Late Prehistoric); popularly but unreliably linked to the Erie of the 1650s (cityoffairlawn.com)
Timeline
- — Local legend places a battle between the Erie and the Iroquois on Fort Island, the glacial mound in what is now Griffith Park; the archaeological report dates a palisade on the mound to A.D. 1000-1350, long before any such battle.
- — Jonah Turner buys 321 acres in the Stony Ridge area along State Route 18 and becomes Copley Township's first permanent resident.
- — The Northern Ohio Railroad is built through Copley Township, train service to Copley begins, and the new line starts the hamlet of Fairlawn, which has a mill, general store and smithy by 1908.
- — The northeastern section of Copley Township is formed as the Village of Fairlawn within the township; Wikipedia gives 1960 for the incorporation.
- — Residents incorporate an independent Village of Fairlawn.
- — Fairlawn becomes a city after its population reaches 6,200 at that year's census.
- — The Village of Fairlawn becomes a city and secedes from Copley Township, according to Copley's timeline; Wikipedia says it became a city after its population reached 6,200 in the 1970 census.
- — Fairlawn's and Copley's political boundaries are officially separated on January 1; the city's population that year is 6,100.
- — The population is 5,779, rising to 7,307 in 2000, 7,437 in 2010 and 7,710 in 2020.
- — The Census Bureau's estimate for Fairlawn is 7,682 residents.
Stories
A mound, a myth, and the evidence against it
Griffith Park's Fort Island carries a story that has circulated in Fairlawn for generations: that the glacial mound at its center was the site of a last battle between the Erie nation and the Iroquois, part of the mid-1600s Beaver Wars that scattered Native peoples across the region. The archaeology tells a more complicated story. Excavation found an actual Native palisade on top of the mound, but its remains date to roughly AD 1000 to 1350, two centuries or more before the Erie's documented 'last stand' in the 1650s, and no artifact recovered at the site ties it to the Erie specifically; researchers note that the Erie's own historically documented territory cannot be placed within 100 miles of Fairlawn in any period. The palisade is real and its builders were real people, but they were not, on the evidence, the Erie of local legend; this is exactly the kind of honest gap the record leaves, where a genuine archaeological site has been handed a colorful but unsupported identity by long retelling.
A hamlet the railroad started
The land that became Fairlawn was part of Copley Township, which came to Summit County from Medina County when the county was created in 1840. Jonah Turner of Pennsylvania bought 321 acres in 1814 and became its first permanent resident, and by 1819 there were seven families and a township. For most of the century the northeast corner was farmland and swamp; Copley Swamp was drained and turned into celery and onion fields. When the Northern Ohio Railroad was built in 1891 the Copley depot was built and, according to Doyle's 1908 county history, the line started a new hamlet called Fairlawn with a mill, general store and smithy. The modern city came much later: its northeastern section was set up as a village within the township in 1958, became a city in 1971, and separated from Copley's government on January 1, 1980. It is not the same place as Fairlawn Heights, an Akron neighbourhood developed in the 1910s for Goodyear executives and annexed by Akron in 1932.
Local history sources: summithistory.org · en.wikipedia.org · cityoffairlawn.com · copley.oh.us · archive.org
Water
Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72", 60", 48") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent The water here
- Akron City92% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
- Oak Knoll Estates5% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Aqua Ohio - Firestone Trace3% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Medina Co/northwest1% of residentsLake Erie
- Granger Lake Condo 10% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Pine Mill Ridge 25000% of residentsGroundwater wells (1 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Fairlawn's boundary: 3 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 3 private schools, 1 police station, 3 public charging sites and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (3)
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Arbors at Fairlawn The4 of 5 stars · Fairlawn
- Address
- 575 S Cleveland Massillon Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Certified beds
- 88
- Residents on an average day
- 80
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- ARBORS AT OHIO
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 666-5866
- Medicare ID
- 365689
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Village at St Edward Nrsg Care4 of 5 stars · Fairlawn
- Address
- 3131 Smith Rd, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Certified beds
- 81
- Residents on an average day
- 77
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 666-1183
- Medicare ID
- 365836
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Wyant Woods Healthcare Center Abuse citation2 of 5 stars · Akron
- Address
- 200 Wyant Rd, Akron, OH 44313
- Certified beds
- 180
- Residents on an average day
- 170
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 2 fines totalling $153,317 (latest 2024-10-23)
- Abuse citation (CMS icon)
- Yes
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- COMMUNICARE HEALTH
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (330) 836-7953
- Medicare ID
- 365779
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Fairlawn Fire DepartmentFairlawn
- Address
- 3525 South Smith Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Coordinates
- 41.13390, -81.62661
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (1)
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Fort Island Primary Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Fairlawn
- Address
- 496 Trunko Rd, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- School district
- Copley-Fairlawn City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 375
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 20
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 90.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 012609
- NCES school ID
- 390499803784
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (3)
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Fairlawn Lutheran SchoolPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · Fairlawn
- Address
- 3415 W Market St, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Kind
- religious, denomination-affiliated
- Students, 2023-24
- 9
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Phone
- (330) 864-7724
- NCES private school ID
- A1903425
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St Hilary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Fairlawn
- Address
- 645 Moorfield Rd, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 555
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 33.6
- Students per teacher
- 16.5179
- Phone
- (330) 867-8720
- NCES private school ID
- A2190654
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Tes SchoolPrivate, special education · Fairlawn
- Address
- 3428 W Market St, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Kind
- special education
- Students, 2023-24
- 58
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 11
- Students per teacher
- 5.27273
- Phone
- (330) 668-4041
- NCES private school ID
- A2302345
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Police stations (1)
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Fairlawn Police DepartmentFairlawn
- Address
- 3487 South Smith Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Coordinates
- 41.13283, -81.62666
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (3)
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CONT FLN 1 HQ CHARGER 1 DC fast1 DC fast · Fairlawn
- Address
- 703 Kumho Dr, Fairlawn, OH 44333
- Ports
- 1 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS, CHAdeMO
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Akron - Fairlawn - Tesla Destination3 Level 2 · Akron
- Address
- 3150 W Market St, Akron, OH 44333
- Ports
- 3 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772, Tesla (NACS)
- Network
- Tesla Destination
- Phone
- 877-798-3752
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Hilton Akron/Fairlawn Hotel & Suites - Tesla Destination3 Level 2 · Akron
- Address
- 3180 W Market St, Akron, OH 44333
- Ports
- 3 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772, Tesla (NACS)
- Network
- Tesla Destination
- Phone
- 877-798-3752
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Spills reported since 2021 (4)
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-04-11 · Fairlawn
- Reported
- 2023-04-11
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Where
- Fairlawn, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000562
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-08-18 · Fairlawn
- Reported
- 2021-08-18
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- Fairlawn, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2108EPA0001281
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Chemical(S) Unk2021-06-15 · Fairlawn
- Reported
- 2021-06-15
- What spilled
- Chemical(S) Unk
- Where
- Fairlawn, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2106EPA0000861
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-05-01 · Fairlawn
- Reported
- 2026-05-01
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Fairlawn, Summit County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2605EPA0000733
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Fairlawn, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44333 Bath Township and Akron | 39% | Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72", 60", 48") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent | 5.1 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1972 | Revere Local · 5 stars overall | 0.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Fairlawn, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 10: Fairlawn Proposed Ordinance Gas Aggregation | 3,391 | 830 | Passed (80.34% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council, Ward 6 | Dan Welsh 397, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council, Ward 4 | Philip Gary Brillhart 260, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council, Ward 2 | Tracy Bess-Wilmington 358, 59.57%; Scott Sigel 243, 40.43% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council, At Large | Jon Groza 1,765, 63.26%; Stephanie Dannemiller 1,025, 36.74% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Russell Sharnsky 2,339, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Director Of Finance | Mark H. Ludwig 2,177, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 2 / 3 / 12; 2021 0 / 1 / 16; 2022 0 / 1 / 16; 2023 1 / 3 / 13; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 1 / 15.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-12-30
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-10-10
The county
Summit County: 34 ZIP codes, 30 cities, villages and townships, 544,541 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Fairlawn, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.67 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 36.2 in
- 4.1 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 27.8 in
- a normal year brings 26.1 in
- a normal year
- 38.3 in
- average of 24 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.67 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 3.74 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 3.67 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.98 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.75 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.82 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.68 | 0.0 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.05 | 0.8 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.77 | 7.5 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.13 | 19.5 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.81 | 11.3 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.72 | 2.5 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 56.3 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1991 — 24.1 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 89.9 in |
| Wettest day on record | 27 August 1903 — 4.05 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 3 January 1914 — 14.02 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 17 February 1910 — 15.98 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 13% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Fairlawn - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
33,519 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Fairlawn: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 18
- those placed on the map inside Fairlawn
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 12 |
| Hazardous waste | 4 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| THE LINKS AT ROSEMONT GREENS PHASE 3 & 4 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| FAIRLAWN LUTHERAN CHURCH | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| W MARKET & MOREWOOD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROSEMONT RIDGE LOT #13 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROSEMONT PRESERVE NWP 27 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROSEMONT PRESERVE NWP 27 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| GIANT EAGLE INC DBA GET GO #3425 | Underground injection wells inspection | |
| AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL INC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| GIANT EAGLE INC DBA GET GO #3425 | Underground injection wells monitoring results | |
| NORTH SOUTH SCENIC TRAIL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NEW SEASONS PH 3 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NEW SEASONS PH 2 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NEW SEASONS (ALL PHASES) | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| CRYSTAL CLINIC ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER LLC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| WOODRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BLDG ADDITION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| THE LINKS AT ROSEMONT GREENS PHASE 3 & 4 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| VICKERS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| MPG OFFICE BUILDING | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| RITE AID #3144 | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| WOODRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BLDG ADDITION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| WOODRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BLDG ADDITION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| MACY'S SUMMIT MALL | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL INC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| WOODRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BLDG ADDITION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| GIANT EAGLE INC DBA GET GO #3425 | Underground injection wells inspection |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Fairlawn, Ohio in?
Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, with 7,710 residents.
When was Fairlawn, Ohio founded?
Fairlawn was settled 1891 (hamlet of Fairlawn, Copley Township); incorporated 1958 as the Village of Fairlawn within Copley Township (Copley's timeline; Wikipedia says 1960); city 1971; separated from Copley Township January 1, 1980. Founders on record: grew up around the Northern Ohio Railroad built in 1891. Source
How did Fairlawn, Ohio get its name?
Doyle's 1908 county history says only that the Northern Ohio Railroad of 1891 'started a new hamlet, Fairlawn'; it does not say why the hamlet was so called. Source
What ZIP code is Fairlawn, Ohio?
Most of Fairlawn is in ZIP code 44333.
Where does Fairlawn, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Fairlawn (Akron City): Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72", 60", 48") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent.
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