The story
Local history for this place is being researched county by county outward from Franklin County; here is what the records say.
Water
Groundwater wells (13+) of the Breakneck Creek Wellfield, tapping a shallow buried-valley aquifer close to the city's Water Treatment Plant; one well (No. 13) taps a sandstone bedrock formation The water here
- Kent City94% of residentsBreakneck Creek Wellfield, Buried Valley Aquifer
- Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest3% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
- Portage County Water Resources1% of residentsBuried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)
- Beechwood Island Estates1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Akron City1% of residentsLake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)
- Meadow Creek Condo Assoc1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Kent, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
The county
Portage County: 15 ZIP codes, 29 cities, villages and townships, 169,745 people.
Nearby places
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Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), "Kent, Portage County", https://crackedbuckeye.com/place/kent/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].
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