Kent: Home of Kent State University
Kent sits in Portage County along the Cuyahoga River, about 10 miles northeast of Akron. The city was settled in 1805 at a site called Franklin Mills, where the Cuyahoga River provided water power. Marvin Kent, a railroad promoter who helped bring the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through the community in 1863, lent his name to the city when it was renamed in 1864. The town incorporated as the city of Kent in 1920.
Kent State University, founded in 1910 as a teacher-training college, enrolls about 34,000 students across its Kent campus and satellite locations. The university achieved national notoriety on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others during an antiwar protest on campus. The May 4 Visitors Center and the May 4 Memorial on the site preserve the history of the event.
The Cuyahoga River runs through downtown Kent, dropping over a small dam at the site of the original mill that gave the settlement its first name. The Kent Stage, a restored 1927 movie house, operates as a performing arts venue downtown. The Davey Tree Expert Company, founded in Kent in 1880, remains the largest arboricultural services company in North America and maintains its headquarters in the city.
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Kent sits in Portage County along the Cuyahoga River, about 10 miles northeast of Akron. The city was settled in 1805 at a site called Franklin Mills, where the Cuyahoga River provided water power. Marvin Kent, a railroad promoter who helped bring the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad through the community in 1863, lent his name to the city when it was renamed in 1864. The town incorporated as the city of Kent in 1920.
Kent State University, founded in 1910 as a teacher-training college, enrolls about 34,000 students across its Kent campus and satellite locations. The university achieved national notoriety on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others during an antiwar protest on campus. The May 4 Visitors Center and the May 4 Memorial on the site preserve the history of the event.
The Cuyahoga River runs through downtown Kent, dropping over a small dam at the site of the original mill that gave the settlement its first name. The Kent Stage, a restored 1927 movie house, operates as a performing arts venue downtown. The Davey Tree Expert Company, founded in Kent in 1880, remains the largest arboricultural services company in North America and maintains its headquarters in the city.
On Escortservice.com, Kent coverage consists of escort website reviews and listings. Escortservice.com operates strictly as a listing service. No booking, verification, or intermediary role is provided. A 21+ age gate applies to all users of the site.
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