Copley, Ohio

Not to be confused with Copley Township, Ohio.

Copley is an unincorporated community in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Town Hall in Copley, Ohio

History

Variant names were Greenfield and Copley Center.^[1] The first settlement at Copley Center was made around 1819.^[2] The community was named for its location near the geographical center of Copley Township.^[2] A post office called Copley Centre was established in 1835, the name was changed to Copley in 1841, and the post office closed in 1957.^[3]

Notable People

• Carrie Coon (1981-) actress
• Delia L. Weatherby (1843—1916) social reformer and author^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copley, Ohio
2. Perrin, William Henry (1881). History of Summit County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Baskin & Battey. p. 645.
3. "Summit County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
4. Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 (1893). A woman of the century; fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Buffalo, N.Y., Moulton. pp. 754–755. Retrieved August 8, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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