Cuyahoga Falls, city (2020 pop.
48,978), Summit co., NE Ohio, on the Cuyahoga River; inc. 1836. On its
course through the city the river drops 220 ft (67 m) through a series of
falls and rapids. A suburb of Akron, Cuyahoga Falls is both residential and
industrial, with factories that manufacture metals, rubber, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, and machinery. The city greatly expanded its area by
annexing Northampton township in the 1980s. The Cuyahoga Valley National
Park, with Blossom Music Center (the summer home of the Cleveland
Orchestra), is to the north.
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