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Portage County Townships
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HIRAM
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NELSON
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STREETSBORO
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SHALERSVILLE
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FRANKLIN
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RAVENNA
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CHARLESTOWN
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PARIS
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BRIMFIELD
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ROOTSTOWN
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EDINBURG
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PALMYRA
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SUFFIELD
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ATWATER
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DEERFIELD
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Highlights of historical note about each township:
ATWATER--Peterson Coal Mine; pottery
AURORA--cheese factories
BRIMFIELD-Rattle Snake dinner
CHARLESTOWN -- K.S.U.President Bowman
DEERFIELD--coal mines; bottled mineral water; Grant tannery
EDINBURG--
FRANKLIN--John Brown; glass factory
GARRETTSVILLE--first brick pavement; maple sugar shipping
FREEDOM--
HIRAM--James A. Garfield and wife
MANTUA--glass factory; Stage Coach Inn
NELSON--Ledges; snake dens
PALMYRA--Stage Inn
PARIS-(Wayland) basket factory
RANDOLPH--
RAVENNA--Glass making
ROOTSTOWN-(Campbellsport) canal
SHALERSVILLE--Feeder dam for canal
STREETSBORO--early Indian trail Rt. 303; cheese making
SUFFIELD--Baldwin apple
WINDHAM--first library