Wayland is an unincorporated community of Paris Township in Portage County, Ohio, United States.[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44285.[3] The community is part of the Akron metropolitan area.
Wayland, Ohio | |
|---|---|
 Location in Ohio | |
 Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°09′38″N 81°04′16″W / 41.16056°N 81.07111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Portage |
| Township | Paris |
| Named for | Wayland Hoyt |
| Elevation | 942 ft (287 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 44285 |
| Area code(s) | 330, 234 |
| FIPS code | 39-81998 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1065458[1] |
It was founded as Newport and was a stop along the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal. It was later called Parisville and eventually Cyclone. Because there was some confusion for railroad passengers when the town of Cyclone was announced, townspeople changed the community's name to Wayland in 1900, after Wayland Hoyt, a Baptist minister there at the time.[4][2]
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wayland, Ohio
- ^ a b "Wayland, OH Community Profile". OH HomeTownLocator. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ "Search Results for ZIP code 44285". "Zipinfo". Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 139.
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