Maple Industry in Garrettsville, Ohio

Maple Industry in Garrettsville, Ohio (HM2AJV)

Location: Garrettsville, OH 44231 Portage County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 17.103', W 81° 5.844'

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Evidence abounds that Garrettsville was at the center of the maple industry in Ohio from the 1880s into the twentieth century. In 1881, Garrettsville held the first ever-professional association of maple syrup/sugar producers, a tradition that continued annually into the early 1900s. The one square mile of Garrettsville was home to several maple syrup canneries in the 1880s and to syrup evaporator manufacturers. It was also the home to Lifesavers candy, originally a maple sugar based company. In 1893, Garrettsville sent a contingent of maple syrup and sugar producers to the Columbian Exhibition at the Worlds Fair in Chicago. In that year, a Garrettsville area farmer was awarded the first place medal for the best maple sugar in the world.
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HM NumberHM2AJV
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Year Placed2009
Placed ByJames A. Garfield Historical Society, Northeast Ohio Maple Producers, and The Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, August 19th, 2018 at 5:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 491843 N 4570405
Decimal Degrees41.28505000, -81.09740000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 17.103', W 81° 5.844'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 17' 6.1800000000001" N, 81° 5' 50.64" W
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Area Code(s)330, 440
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8119 High St, Garrettsville OH 44231, US
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