Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio

Bath is one of the 16 original townships in Summit County, Ohio. It is on the western edge of Summit County, bordering Akron and roughly 20 miles (30 km) south of Cleveland. No incorporated areas were formed withing the township but Akron and Fairlawn expanded into Bath via annexation. As of the 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 9,635, up from a population of 8,804 in 1990 (Ohio State University, 2003). It occupies most of survey Town 3, Range 12 in the Western Reserve and is about 23 square miles (60 km²) in area. It was given the name Bath when during a town council where no one could decide on a name Jonathan Hale exclaimed "O, call it Jerusalem, Jericho, Bath, or anything but Hammondsburgh!", with Hammondsburgh being the name at that time. The council quickly selected Bath. Today it is perhaps best known as the location of the first murder committed by Jeffrey Dahmer, who lived there for approximately ten years and attended Revere High School.

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Summit County, Ohio - Akron - Cleveland - Fairlawn - 2000 - 1990 - Western Reserve - Jonathan Hale - Jeffrey Dahmer - Revere High School

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Bath contains part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, whose main attraction within the township is the Hale Farm & Village, a historical community set in the 1800s

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Hale Farm & Village - 1800s

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