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Akron, Illinois
Akron, Illinois
Unincorporated community
	Akron, Illinois Akron, Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°54′14″N 89°39′14″W / 40.90389°N 89.65389°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Peoria
Elevation	722 ft (220 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	309
GNIS feature ID	422393

Akron is an unincorporated community in Peoria County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.^[1]

History

Akron was made a railroad station in 1901 when the Chicago and North Western Railway was extended to that point.^[2] A large share of the early settlers being natives of Akron, Ohio, caused the name to be selected.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Akron, Illinois
^ Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 35.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Akron, Illinois

[2] Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.

[3] Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 35.

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