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Lake Anna Park

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Barberton Veteran's Memorial at Lake Anna
Barberton Veteran's Memorial at Lake Anna

Lake Anna Park is a 21-acre (85,000 m2) park around a spring-fed, 10-acre (40,000 m2) lake, and is located in the center of downtown Barberton, Ohio. Lake Anna was formed by natural geology, left after the last ice age. It would have long been a resource for varying cultures of indigenous peoples in the area. Ohio Columbus Barber, industrialist and founder of Barberton in 1894, named the lake after his only daughter Anna Laura Barber.

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Lake Anna Park
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Barberton Veteran's Memorial at Lake Anna
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Rolling Acres, Akron, Ohio
Rolling Acres, Akron, Ohio

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