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Akron City Directory, 1930, 1930
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1FOREWORD
3The Burch Directory Co., publishers of the Akron City Directory for over sixty (60) years, herewith presents the 1930 edition and Volume 49, feeling assured that it will meet the many needs, as well as the approval of all who have occasion to consult its pages and wealth of information.
5This Volume embraces Eight Major Departments, as follows:
7The Miscellaneous Department, pages 13 to 30, presents a variety of information, such as City and County officials, Churches, Schools, Fraternal and other organizations.
9The Classified Advertising Department, on pages 35 to 282, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading merchants and manufacturers.
11The Alphabetical List of Names (Akron) of all persons over 15 years of age business firms and corporations, is included in pages 283 to 1314.
13The Directory of Householders, or Street Directory, printed on pink paper, appears on pages 1315 to 1634 and gives the names and location of all streets and street numbers with name of the principal occupant—head of the family or firm, as the case may be—opposite each number, as well as the names of all streets intersecting, printed in italics.
15The Classified Business Directory (Akron and Cuyahoga Falls) is included in pages 1635 to 1722. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests under their appropriate headings and constitutes an invaluable feature for buyer or seller, or anyone wishing certain kind of service. More goods are bought and sold, and more business transacted through the Classified Business section of the City Directory than through any other medium.
17The Legal Department, found on pages 39 to 54, and printed on blue tinted paper contains the professional cards of most of the leading attorneys at law (Lawyers) and signifies without question their faith in publicity such as the City Directory has to offer.
19Barberton Department, Miscellaneous, Street Directory, Alphabetical List and Classified Business Directory follow on pages 1720 to 1980 inclusive.
21Cuyahoga Falls Department, from pages 1981 to 2107, Miscellaneous, Street Directory and Alphabetical List, constitutes the final pages in this interesting volume.
23Not content with local publicity for Akron, its ambitions and achievements, the publishers send copies of this Directory to the various Directory Libraries throughout the United States and Canada, where they are readily available for free public reference, thus broadcasting Akron in the best manner possible. These books are donated by the publishers and postage or express charges on same are prepaid, all of which is a part of the local Directory Service. Advertising in the City Directory is now National Advertising as well.
25As the matter of population is always of interest, and it is generally conceded to be a part of the Directory man's job to report on same, we have made a careful count of all individual names herein, with the following results:
27The Akron alphabetical list contains 134,415 individual names, this number, multiplied by two (2), to cover children under 15 years of age, also married women who are not included in the foregoing figures, would indicate a present population of 268,830. Even though Kenmore, with a population of about 16,000, has been annexed since our last issue, Akron alone has made a gain in population of over 25,000.
29The Barberton alphabetical list contains the names of 12,205 individuals, this number, multiplied by two (2), would indicate a substantial growth and a present population of 24,410.
31The Cuyahoga Falls alphabetical list contains 10,448 individual names, and this number, multiplied by two (2), shows a present population of 20,896.
33We hereby extend our sincere thanks to all patrons and citizens for their generous patronage and cooperation in making this work possible.
35Respectfully,
36THE BURCH DIRECTORY CO
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