Kent, OH
N 41° 09.251 W 081° 21.735
17T E 469605 N 4555935
Kent, Ohio - population 27,906 at the 2000 census, making it the county's largest city shares a name with Kent, England which had 1,579,206 residents as of the 2001 UK census. This according to Wikipedia.
Waymark Code: WM2HG5
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2007
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Kent, Ohio is home of Kent State University and is infamous for the May 4, 1970 Kent State Massacre in which 4 people were killed by National Guardsmen after protesting the Vietnam War. Ironically, Kent, England played a major role in several battles in Britain, including the Battle of Britain in World War II.
Kent, Ohio is named in honor of local businessman Marvin Kent who was influential in bringing the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through the village. The railroad reinvented the village as an important stop on the east-west line as it was also home to the railroad's yards and shops. To honor Marvin Kent the village was renamed Kent in 1864, although this change was not official until the village was officially incorporated as a village on May 6, 1867.
The modern name of Kent in England is derived from the Brythonic word Cantus meaning "rim" or "border". This describes the eastern part of the current county area as a border land or coastal district. Julius Caesar had described the area as Cantium, or home of the Cantiaci in 51 BC. It is on the lower end of England along the English Channel.
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