Editing North Canton, Ohio (section)

==History==
North Canton was established as the village of New Berlin in 1831. Residents were primarily of [[German Americans|German]] descent. During [[World War I]], it became unfashionable to be associated with anything German so in 1918, the community changed the name of the village to North Canton.<ref>Ohio History Connection. (n.d.). New Berlin, Ohio. Retrieved from http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/New_Berlin,_Ohio</ref>

William H. “Boss” Hoover moved his tannery business from the family farm to the center of the New Berlin village in 1873. The first upright [[vacuum cleaner]] was invented in June 1908 in North Canton by department store janitor [[James M. Spangler]].<ref>{{US patent|889823}}, "Carpet sweeper and cleaner", James M. Spangler, issued 2 June 1908</ref> Hoover bought the patent, and [[The Hoover Company]] became the world's largest manufacturer of vacuum cleaners by the 1930s. In 2007, Hoover officially shut down its production facility in North Canton.<ref name=chamber>[http://www.northcantonchamber.org/abitofnorthcantonhis.htm North Canton Chamber] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204001016/http://www.northcantonchamber.org/abitofnorthcantonhis.htm |date=February 4, 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=767 New Berlin, Ohio]</ref>