Copley, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°05′56″N 81°38′40″W / 41.09889°N 81.64444°W / 41.09889; -81.64444
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Copley is an unincorporated community in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History[edit]

Variant names were Greenfield and Copley Center.[1] The first settlement at Copley Center was made around 1819.[2] The community was named for its location near the geographical center of Copley Township.[2] A post office called Copley Centre was established in 1835, the name was changed to Copley in 1841, and the post office closed in 1957.[3]

Notable People[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copley, Ohio
  2. ^ a b Perrin, William Henry (1881). History of Summit County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Baskin & Battey. p. 645.
  3. ^ "Summit County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. pp. 754–755. Retrieved August 8, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

41°05′56″N 81°38′40″W / 41.09889°N 81.64444°W / 41.09889; -81.64444