Akron in Summit County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Middlebury Cemetery
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 7, 2011
1. Middlebury Cemetery Marker
This burying ground was the first public cemetery located within Akron's boundaries. It was also known as the "Old Cemetery" and the "Newton Street Cemetery." Deacon Titus Chapman donated this land in 1808 as a burying ground, and he was probably the first person interred here when he died later that year. Early Akron settlers and their descendents, including veterans of the American Revolution, are buried here. Some of the gravestones were among the finest brought to the Western Reserve from Connecticut. The Middlebury Cemetery was used until 1853.
Erected 2008 by Progress Through Preservation and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 41-77.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
Location. 41° 4.38′ N, 81° 28.686′ W. Marker is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is at the intersection of Newton Street and Barder Avenue, on the right when
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Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middlebury American Revolution Memorial (here, next to this marker); East Akron Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Franklin Augustus "F. A." Seiberling and The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (approx. half a mile away); Site of the Public Square of Middlebury (approx. 0.6 miles away); Akron Community Service Center and Urban League (approx. 1.8 miles away); United States Synthetic Rubber Program 1939-1945 (approx. 1.9 miles away); 1936 Akron Rubber Strike
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 7, 2011
2. Middlebury Cemetery and Marker
Looking northeast
Other markers no longer nearby. Middlebury Lodge No. 34 F.&A.M. (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Wesley Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (was approx. 1.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . . Middlebury Cemetery. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on June 15, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,040 times since then and 129 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 15, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
