Akron, Pennsylvania Akron, Pennsylvania Location of Akron in Lancaster County Location of Akron in Lancaster County Akron is positioned in Pennsylvania Akron - Akron Location of Akron in Pennsylvania Akron is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

It is a mid-sized town with two chief roads going through it: Main Street and 7th Street Pennsylvania Route 272.

A barns used to run through Akron and served a barns station in the town.

Akron is positioned at 40 9 23 N 76 12 14 W (40.156472, -76.204000). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all of it land.

In the borough the populace was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the borough was $45,407, and the median income for a family was $53,365.

About 3.4% of families and 4.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Akron Elementary (Ephrata Area School District) Akron borough is an autonomous small-town government unit positioned in Lancaster County.

The Borough of Akron also has a Fire Company established in 1893 the Akron Volunteer Fire Company Lancaster County Station 12 , which has approximately 50 active members and 3 pieces of Current Operating Fire Apparatus; 1 Engine, 1 Rescue-Engine, and 1 Squad. Roland Memorial Park (also known as Akron Park), https://akron-pa.com/parks.html, is a 70 plus acre park positioned on Main Street on the East side of Akron.

Akron is one of the many Pennsylvania suburbs to drop or raise a unique item at midnight on New Year's Eve.

In honor of the area's former shoe making trade (that used to be positioned where the Ten-Thousand Villages Corporate Offices are presently located) a enormous sneaker is lowered at midnight. United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".

"Permanent pole for Akron's New Year's Eve shoe drop - Lititz Record Express".

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