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Among the educational institutions in Akron Ohio are the University of Akron (1870), which includes the Institute of Polymer Science, and several two-year colleges. Kent State University (1910) is nearby. Cultural landmarks in the city include Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, an example of tudor revival architecture completed in 1915 by Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company founder Frank A. Seiberling; Akron Art Museum, with a collection focusing on works created since 1850; E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, home of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Ohio Ballet; several theaters; a museum devoted to the rubber industry; a zoological park; and Quaker Square, a shopping and entertainment complex inside a restored factory that was the original home of Quaker Oats Company.

The city is the site of the Goodyear Aerospace Airdock (1929), one of the world's largest structures without inner supports, where blimps were built. Located in nearby Cuyahoga Falls, the Blossom Music Center is the summer home of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Each summer the city is host to three well-known events: the All-American Soap Box Derby, the World Series of Golf, and bowling's Tournament of Champions.

Akron Ohio was founded in 1825 by General Simon Perkins, an Ohio Canal Fund commissioner, and Paul Williams, one of the area's first settlers. They saw potential for a city at the highest point along the canal route. This position gave the city its name, derived from akros, a Greek word for "high place." The city's industrial growth began in 1827 with the opening of the first section of the Ohio and Erie Canal, linking Akron Ohio and Cleveland Ohio. An important mill town, Akron Ohio was incorporated as a city in 1865.

In 1870 Benjamin Goodrich relocated his rubber factory to the city from Melrose, New York, and began producing fire hoses and other rubber products. The rubber industry's major growth dates from the early 20th century, when demand for rubber tires expanded rapidly to meet the needs of the automotive industry. Akron Ohio entered a boom period, and soon was known as the Rubber Capital of the World.

Akron Ohio covers a land area of 160.8 sq km (62.1 sq mi), with a mean elevation of 301 m (989 ft). According to the 1990 census, whites are 73.9 percent of the population, blacks 24.4 percent, Asians and Pacific Islanders 1.1 percent, and Native Americans 0.3 percent. The remainder are of mixed heritage or did not report ethnicity. Hispanics, who may be of any race, are 0.7 percent of the people. Population (1980) 237,177; (1990) 223,019; (1994 estimate) 221,886.