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    This article discusses the history and development of Jackson Township, Ohio. It summarizes that Jackson Township was established in 1815 and was named after Andrew Jackson. The construction of the Ohio-Erie Canal and railroads in the early 1800s helped spur development by enabling transportation of goods. The township transitioned from a farming community to a suburban area starting in the mid-1900s, with the development of shopping centers and infrastructure like Interstate 77. Local community and business leaders have played important roles in the township's growth and success over the years.

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    This article discusses the history and development of Jackson Township, Ohio. It summarizes that Jackson Township was established in 1815 and was named after Andrew Jackson. The construction of the Ohio-Erie Canal and railroads in the early 1800s helped spur development by enabling transportation of goods. The township transitioned from a farming community to a suburban area starting in the mid-1900s, with the development of shopping centers and infrastructure like Interstate 77. Local community and business leaders have played important roles in the township's growth and success over the years.

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    The Repository | CantonRep.

    com | Sunday, March 27, 2016H1

    By Todd Porter
    Repository special projects editor

    N
    o one entity or
    person can guar-
    antee the success
    of a community.
    A group of people? Now
    thats something different.
    For all that has been done
    and developed in Jackson
    Township, the success of the
    area still comes back to one
    thing: The people.
    If it wasnt for this com-
    munity and the people here,
    I wouldnt be where I am
    today, said John Pizzino,
    vice president of the township
    trustees and a business owner.
    It sounds like something you
    just throw out there, but the
    people here are great. Theyre
    caring and kind. I cant say
    enough about the people here.
    Of course, through the
    years, those people have made
    a few things happen that
    have been important to the
    survival and eventual thriv-
    ing of Jackson Township. In
    1815, a dozen years after Ohio
    became a state, the township
    was carved out of land from
    Plain and Green townships.
    Jackson Township, common
    at the time, was named after
    war hero Andrew Jackson for
    his valor in the Battle of New
    Orleans during the War of 1812. REPOSITORY RAY STEWART
    Andrew Jackson would later n Balloons make their way over the Belden Village area in Jackson Township.
    become the seventh president
    of the United States.
    Throughout the history of
    The canal and railroad helped. to build a large store some-
    Jackson Township, it would be
    the construction of two trans- Most settlers in early Jackson Throughout the history of Jackson where in the Akron-Canton
    portation lines that would be
    important to the areas devel-
    were of German heritage. Most
    probably walked here from
    Township, it would be the construction area. Go find us a spot.
    Day drove up and down I-77
    opment. When Ohio achieved Pennsylvania and New York. ...
    A lot of the early settlers used
    of two transportation lines that would between Cleveland and New
    Philadelphia. The Pro Foot-
    statehood, 50,000 people
    were spread across the state the Indian trails to make their be important to the areas development. ball Hall of Fame was beyond
    with no economical means to way here from Cleveland. its infancy and was becoming
    transport goods. Even before a landmark in the state. Day
    1803, George Washington and
    Good times ahead coal mine in Stark County near Interstate 77 through Stark would get off every exit on the
    Thomas Jefferson talked about By the early 1900s, plenty Jane Street NW. County, and the major high- stretch of I-77 between Cleve-
    linking Lake Erie to the Ohio of taverns opened along the There wasnt an organized way cut through Jackson land and New Philadelphia.
    River. canal. Farming was the town- effort to build a town, Aaby Township with two exits off When he jumped off the
    However, the War of 1812 ships main industry. Over said. It was mostly a result of the highway into the township. Whipple Avenue exit, he said
    made it impossible for federal time, grist mills were added, need. There were a lot of farms Construction of the highway he thought he was in West
    funds to be used. By 1825, Ohio and coal mining as well as sand and corn needed ground, so started in the mid-1960s and Virginia, Aaby said. There
    decided to fund the project and gravel mining. The canal someone built a mill. the last leg of it was completed was nothing there. He called
    by borrowing $400,000, and was used to transport goods By the mid-1900s, Jackson and opened in 1969. his bosses at Higbee and said
    on July 4, 1825, near Newark, out of Jackson. Ohio-Erie Township started to transition Right about the same time, if you want something with a
    ground was broken to dig the Canal historians indicate the from a farming community the vice president of the lot of land, theres a lot of land
    canal. In 1828, the canal linking first load of coal shipped to to a suburban township. In Higbee Company was James available right here in Stark
    Massillon to Akron opened and Cleveland came from Jackson 1945, the Lake Cable Shopping Day, the former mayor of County, so they came up with
    a year later, the link from Mas- Township. Center was built, the first of Parma. the idea of building a mall. It
    sillon to Dover opened. Thomas Kirkpatrick and its kind in the township. Six He had been so helpful was all based on the Higbee
    Generally, Jackson Town- his wife Francis, both from years later, the other half of to Higbees when they were Co.s vision.
    ship is like most of Ohio. Our England, located in Jackson the center was finished and looking for a site in the Parma The mall opened in 1970
    population increased after and in 1833 he discovered coal Jackson was starting to form area, that when he retired from with anchor tenants Higbees,
    the canal was built, town- deposits on his land. Later that its identity around retail. politics, they hired him, Aaby
    ship historian Mary Aaby said. same year, he opened the first Local leaders helped bring said. They told him we want SEE JACKSON, H2

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