Austintown, Ohio

Mahoning County

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Austintown is a township in the American state of Ohio. The 1798 populated place is now a suburb of Youngstown in Mahoning County. Austintown has about 30,000 inhabitants. (As of the census of 2000. ) Austintown has a high school ( " Austintown Fitch High School - " ), as well as six shopping centers and nine church buildings.

Geography

8 km east of Austintown is the center of Youngstown. Youngstown and the surrounding villages until the 1960s a center of steel production. With the decline of this industry in Ohio lost the city and surrounding areas for more than half of its inhabitants. In 1960, Youngstown still about 166,000 inhabitants, in 2007 there were approximately 74,000.

West of West Austintown Austintown is located, another township from the Connetictut reserve. By the northwest end of Austintown extend the running from north to south each State Routes OH 11 and OH 46

Austintown has a total area of 30.2 square kilometers, among which are no significant water areas. The Springing in West Austintown Axe Factory Run meandering flows from west to east to its confluence with the Mill Creek.

History

In Austintown, there are two buildings that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP), and thus are under monument protection. The log cabin " Austintown Log House " is the oldest existing building in place, and was built in one year 1801-1826 by Mary and John H. Packard. The grandchildren of the couple, William Doud Packard and James Ward Packard, founded in 1890, the Packard Electric Company, precursor of Packard Electric (now Delphi Packard Electric Systems ) and Packard Motor Car Company. The Austintown Log House changed hands several times possession until it stood empty since 1963. 1973 bought the neighboring St. Andrews Episcopal Church, the property with the aim to demolish the dilapidated building in the meantime. The demolition was discovered behind the brick facade old tree trunks. Two years later, the house was declared a National Monument, and restored with donations.

The second building in the NRHP is the "Judge William Shaw Anderson House ," also known as " Strock Stone House ".