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Austintown Township was first inhabited by Native Americans. In 1788, it became Range 3, Township 2, of the Connecticut Western Reserve and was named for Calvin Austin, a land agent for the Connecticut Land Company. In 1794, John McCollum was the first settler. In 1820, the population was 718. By 1880, coal miners and families increased the population to 2,502. The damming of Meander Creek creating Meander Reservoir put Ohltown underwater and flooded some of West Austintown. After World War II, Austintown grew tremendously. Throughout this growth, one constant remained--the schools. Moving from 12 one-room schoolhouses to one large consolidated school to 8 school buildings, the schools remain central to the community and preserve Austintown's identity.
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Sunil Massey
reviewed Austintown, Ohio (Images of America Series) on December 27, 2007 Austintown, Ohio (Images of America Series)
If you like pictures of cities, especially older Midwestern/Rust Belt cities, this is a must-see. Lyle Oberwise took some 43,000 photos, mostly color slides, of Milwaukee over the decades, which were largely unknown until his death. This book collects about 150, mostly mid-century, of course. If you like beautiful old architecture (much of it now lost), streetcars, rails, neon signs, street scenes, etc., there's so much to enjoy here. I hope to see more of the collection. (I first noticed some of it on display at the new Amtrak/Greyhound station in Milwaukee.)
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