Town file
Coventry Township, Ohio
Coventry Township, Ohio (Summit County, Ohio) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 223, "Disturbing, Depraved & Disgusting" (13 May 2021). Coventry Township is a small township of about 10,900 people in Summit County, north-east Ohio, fifteen minutes from Akron and less than an hour from Cleveland.
- Town
- Coventry Township
- County
- Summit County
- State
- Ohio
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 223
- Approximate location
- 41.005, -81.535
Episode 223 / 13 May 2021 / 147 min / full
Disturbing, Depraved & Disgusting
"Coventry township, Ohio: in northeast Ohio, up by Akron and Cleveland, Summit County, area code 330, 9.2 square miles" about 0:07:05
The case: Murder of Howard Ubank (June 13, 2017). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2021
- Population
- 10,911
- Median age
- almost 45
- Median household income
- $55,000
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $810
- Cost of living
- 79 out of 100
- Religious
- about 47%
- Property crime
- ▲ slightly over
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half
History, in brief
- Coventry Township is the only Coventry township in the state of Ohio. about 0:08:21
- It is part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, in township 1N range 11W. about 0:09:10
- The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by the colony of Connecticut, granted under its charter by King Charles II. about 0:09:35
- Connecticut relinquished claim to some western lands to the United States in 1786 after the Revolutionary War but kept ownership of the eastern portion south of Lake Erie. about 0:09:44
- Connecticut sold much of the Western Reserve to speculators operating as the Connecticut Land Company, who sold it in portions for development. about 0:10:21
- The name survives in the Western Reserve Academy, Case Western Reserve University and Western Reserve Hospital. about 0:10:32
- During the 1800s the Western Reserve was, in James's words, probably the most intensely anti-slavery section of the entire country. about 0:11:29
- Akron became a major centre for rubber production; BF Goodrich, Firestone and Goodyear were all there at once, making it the Rubber Capital of the World. about 0:12:53
- Benjamin Franklin Goodrich lived in the area. about 0:13:10
- The abolitionist John Brown lived there for a long time. about 0:13:40
- The town's motto is 'the heart of Portage Lakes'. about 0:07:29
The reviews read out
3 stars
"Loves that it is very family friendly and not very noisy, but would like more diversity in the neighbourhood."about 0:14:50
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- North Canton, Ohio12 miles
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio12 miles
- Montville Township, Ohio17 miles
- Hudson, Ohio17 miles
- Beach City, Ohio24 miles
- Howland Township, Ohio44 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.