If anyone is interested in Middlebury Grismer's Akron and Summit County has information about Middlebury. Surprising for me I never knew about it until Akron Beacon Journal had an interesting article about it, though not a native I've been in and out of Akron for many years. Interestingly enough the book states for every inch Middlebury gained Akron gained a foot. So it dropped off the map. April 19, 1872 Akron annexed Middlebury and became the Sixth Ward. They were called Middlebury and never considered themselves East Akronites. There was a grist mill and it produced a better grade of corn meal and wheat flour than Hudson or Northampton, it had a saw mill, plant for carding wool and fulling cloth, a distillery.