Barberton, Ohio

It opened in 1890 as a station of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad.

== History == Barberton was founded in 1891 by industrialist O.C.

When an Akron Beacon Journal reporter revisited Barberton in 1893, he noted that since 1891, it had grown so quickly that it appeared to have grown by magic (hence its nickname).

In 1894 he moved the manufacturing operations of the Diamond Match Company, which he formed from a merger of 11 companies, from Akron to Barberton.

In 1908, on a high hill on the east side of town, Barber began construction of an experimental farm and estate, which he called Anna–Dean Farm.

It included his 52-room, French Renaissance Revival-style mansion, completed in 1909, and lush gardens, dozens of barns and other structures in the same style, and greenhouses.

In May 1939, forty students were injured when a temporary school in the town exploded.

The Creamery has been restored as a residence for the same family since 1943 and served as the birthplace for the Apostolic Church of Barberton founded in 1950.

The mansion was demolished in 1965.

1, the former Dairy Barn, restored in 1985 and now the world headquarters of the Yoder Brothers Corporation, horticulturists.

The Magic City: Unemployment in a Working-Class Community (Cornell University Press, 1989) documents the consequences of the migration of major industries from the region and th...

=== 2000 census === At the 2000 census there were 27,899 people in 11,523 households, including 7,443 families, in the city.

=== 2010 census === At the 2010 census there were 26,550 people in 11,054 households, including 6,880 families, in the city.

Previously, the city was served by the Barberton Herald, a weekly newspaper that ceased publication on December 29, 2022.