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Akron Legacy Neighborhoods

Click on the names below to learn more about Akron's Legacy Neighborhoods by viewing historic newspaper articles.

1888 Summit Beacon article on peculiar names: Gander Flats, Smoky Hollow, Bartges Town, Hell's Half Acre, Five Points, Four Corners and Little Dublin

Bartgestown

Cascade

East End

Elizabeth Park

Five Points

Four Corners

Hell's Half Acre

Lane Wooster

Little Dublin

Maple Valley

Oak Park

Opportunity Park

Spicertown

Temple Square

Thomastown

Wolf Ledge / Goosetown / Grant-Washington

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