Editing Akron, Indiana (section)

==History==
[[File:Akron-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|left|Akron from the air, looking west]]
Akron is located at the crossroad of SR 14 and SR 19.
Akron was originally named Newark by settlers from [[Newark, Ohio]]; the name was changed to Akron in 1855, for the [[Akron, Ohio|Ohio city]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baker|first1=Ronald L.|last2=Carmony|first2=Marvin|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=1975|location=Bloomington, Indiana|title=Indiana Place Names|page=2}}</ref>  It was founded by Dr. Joseph Sippy on July 4, 1836<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rochsent.com/main.asp?SectionID=45 |title=Places to see, things to do in Fulton Co. |publisher=The Rochester Sentinel |accessdate=September 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127090712/http://rochsent.com/main.asp?SectionID=45 |archivedate=November 27, 2013 }}</ref> when he brought a group of settlers to what was then the crossing of the Pottawatomie and Miami Indian trails.  The first building was constructed where the Methodist church stands now.  Dr. Sippy's house, which once stood across the street from Viking Foods, was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]].