Welcome to Akron ...

Although we found mention of Akron during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Akron was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Akron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Akron, please Contact Us.

When the people of Akron refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Akronite<2>

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Akron might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

We believe that Akron would be found within the (705) and (249)<3> area codes.

Communities Also Named Akron ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Akron - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Utah and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Akron.

Communities near Akron ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Akron.

Dana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
Langdon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
Neswabin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neswabin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neswabin
Oba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oba
Price
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
Minnipuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnipuka came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnipuka
Mosher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosher came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosher
Albany Forks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Forks
Tatnall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tatnall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatnall
Dishnish
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dishnish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishnish

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Akron and then turned west". While Akron could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Akron as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Akron could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Akron refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Akron may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>	Area code (249) is an overlay for area code (705).
<4>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.