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Stow City
The complete chapter on this township from Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published in 1908. 241 words, covering 5 settlements.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
5 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrowville | 6 | 2 | 6 | 854 |
| Fish Creek | - | - | 6 | 733 |
| Metz | 8 | - | 6 | 892 |
| Oregon Corners | - | - | 7 | 790 |
| Stow | 1 | 23 | 11 | 833 |
Settlements in this township
5 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 5 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
241 wordsReproduced complete and unedited. The text is machine-read from a scan of the 1908 printing, so expect the errors a machine makes reading a century-old page: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the book's own.
Stow City
settler in this township was William Walker, who in 1802, came from Virginia. He was followed in 1804 by William Wetmore, who built a hoiise at what is now called "Stow Corners." Other pioneers were Gregory Powers, John Campbell, John Gaylord, Adam Steele, George Darrow, Erastus Southmayd, James Daily, Isaac Wilcox and David Ruggles. The township was organized in 1808. It is now best known as the location of Silver Lake, a summer resort which is spreading its fame country-wide. Since the death of R. H. Lodge, his family have wisely continued his policies, under which great prosperity came upon Silver La.ke. Near by are two other beautiful lakes - Wyoga and Crystal Lake. Stow township also contains Monroe Falls, a village on the Cuyahoga River a few miles above Cuyahoga Falls. This village was founded in 1836 by Edmond Monroe, a wealthy capitalist of Boston, Mass. A number of mills had been erected there to make use of the water-power afforded by the falls in the river. Up to the advent of the Monroes it had been called Florence. Mr. Monroe organized the "Monroe Falls Manufacturing Company," and built a large store, many residences and the mill which is now used for the manufacture of paper. The township furnished 104 men to the country when our national life was threatened in 1861. W. Nickerson is now township clerk and Noel Beckley and W. R. Lodge are justices of the peace.
Provenance
Text from Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, by Doyle, William B., B., published 1908 and in the public domain in the United States. Digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.