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Wayland is small 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 small general delivery post office, with the ZIP code of 44285.
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 deterred potential travelers from staying for fear of experiencing a tornado. The community has had many names including Cyclone, Newport and Parisville. The town is also the home to the Wayland Community Church. During it's history the little town was home to local landmark such as "The Wayland Mall", which was basically a genral store & home the to previous post office.
There are two streets in Wayland with distinctive names; Creamery & Basket both named after long gone landmarks. The "Basket" stands for "Basket Factory" which was well known by many as it produced most of the grocery baskets hand woven from lumber strips and transported to many of the stores in NE Ohio. The basket factory shut down with the advent of the modern day grocery bag and it served as a home for the Portage County road dept. for awhile and then later was converted to a home in 1980. It remains on it's original location to this day.
References
- ^ ""Wayland, OH Community Profile"". OH HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ""Search Results for ZIP code 44285"". "Zipinfo". Retrieved 2007-12-20.
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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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