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Wayland is an unincorporated community in western Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located at latitude 41.161 and longitude -81.071, with an elevation of 948 feet. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44285. The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.

For a period of time in the nineteenth century, when it was a stop on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, Wayland was called "Cyclone." However, the name was changed, as it reminded people of a tornado. The community is nicknamed Cyclone, Newport and Parisville.

References

1. ^ "Wayland, OH Community Profile". OH HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
2. "Search Results for ZIP code 44285". "Zipinfo". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 139.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Ravenna
Cities	Aurora Kent Ravenna Streetsboro Tallmadge‡
Villages	Garrettsville Hiram Mantua Mogadore‡ Sugar Bush Knolls Windham
Townships	Atwater Brimfield Charlestown Deerfield Edinburg Franklin Freedom Hiram Mantua Nelson Palmyra Paris Randolph Ravenna Rootstown Shalersville Suffield Windham
CDPs	Atwater Brady Lake Brimfield Suffield
Unincorporated communities	Black Horse Campbellsport Diamond Drakesburg Hiram Rapids New Milford Saint Joseph Twin Lakes Wayland Yale
Historical places	Cobbs Corners Earlville Freedom Station Lloyd Mahoning Mishler Moran
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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41°09′38″N 81°04′16″W / 41.16056°N 81.07111°W / 41.16056; -81.07111

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