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Garrettsville, Portage County.
Garrettsville, Ohio
Garrettsville is in Portage County.
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About Garrettsville, Ohio
A village in northeastern Portage County within the Akron metropolitan area, settled around a grist mill built by Colonel John Garrett in 1806 and incorporated in 1864.
History of Garrettsville
- Clarence Crane invented Life Savers candy in Garrettsville in 1912, and around 1900 the village was the largest maple-syrup processing center in the world.
Landmarks and Places in Garrettsville
- Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park. 167-acre state park of sandstone cliffs, waterfalls, and rock passages just outside the village in Nelson Township.
- Nelson Ledges Quarry Park. Private spring-fed quarry campground and summer music-festival venue with a Garrettsville address.
- Garrettsville Summerfest. Annual summer festival featuring canoe races, a tractor parade, and the Garrettsville Idol contest.
Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, nlqp.com
More About Garrettsville
The village was formed from parts of Hiram, Nelson, Freedom and Windham townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve.
John Garrett bought 300 acres in Nelson Township in 1803, the year Ohio became a state.
The Cleveland-Pittsburgh Road was built near his mill in 1806, and a post office opened in 1830.
In the early 1900s the village was a major center for processing maple syrup, much of it canned by Arthur Crane on Windham Street.
Poet Hart Crane, grandson of Arthur Crane, is among the people linked to Garrettsville.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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