Editing Tallmadge, Ohio (section)

==History==
Historically, Tallmadge was a part of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]], which was a three million [[acre]] plot of land in northeast Ohio. Prior to being named Tallmadge, it was part of Town 2, Range 10 in the Western Reserve. In 1807, the Reverend [[David Bacon (missionary)|David Bacon]] founded and organized Tallmadge, placing a square road in the center of town where several other roads met, modeled after New England designs of the time period.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = None | title = Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County | volume = 4 | publisher = Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County | year = 1899 | location = Cleveland, Ohio | pages = 469 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eg3VAAAAMAAJ&q=tallmadge+ohio+%22public+square%22&pg=PA469 | access-date = June 18, 2010 | quote = The township of Tallmadge being No 2 in tenth range surveyed by Seth Ensign for Rev David Bacon agent for owners as follows A public square of seven and one half acres at the center of the town for a parade ground and site for church and academy and from this square Mr Ensign surveyed into great lots or tracts one and one quarter miles square by running lines through the center of the town to the four cardinal points of the compass then diagonally crossing at the center and terminating at the corners of the township Just one and one fourth miles from the center of the }}</ref> The town was named after [[Benjamin Tallmadge]], an American Revolutionary War figure and local landowner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tallmadge, Ohio |date=n.d. |access-date=May 4, 2015 |website=Ohio History Central |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Tallmadge,_Ohio}}</ref> The first syllable rhymes with "shall", not "tall".<ref name="ews-pron" />

In the nineteenth century, Tallmadge continued to develop around the square as its centerpiece, which years later became a [[traffic circle]] named "Tallmadge Circle" (or simply "the Circle"). The Circle as it is today represents New England's role in the settlement of the Ohio Western Reserve.<ref>[http://www.tallmadge-ohio.org/history/history.pdf History of Tallmadge, Ohio]</ref> The rest of the city was designed in a grid pattern, with industry tending to develop near the railroad.<ref name="tallmadge-ohio.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tallmadge-ohio.org/history/history.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 21, 2006 |archive-date=August 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060809223932/http://www.tallmadge-ohio.org/history/history.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

No alcohol could be bought or consumed in public in Tallmadge until the early 1990s, when the law was amended to allow the retail sale of alcohol in stores, but public consumption was still illegal. In 2001, the law was repealed and alcohol could be sold and consumed in restaurants, provided that alcohol not account for more than 30% of any establishment's revenue. The first restaurant to offer alcohol in Tallmadge was Delanie's on West Avenue.

Tallmadge lies within two counties. While the vast majority of the city lies in [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit County]], portions on the east side protrude into neighboring [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage County]]. This phenomenon resulted from the annexation of small portions of a neighboring township, [[Brimfield Township, Ohio|Brimfield]].