Town file
North Canton, Ohio
North Canton, Ohio (Stark County, Ohio) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 416, "The Incredible Disappearing Head" (19 August 2023). North Canton, Ohio, is a small city of 17,884 people in Stark County, about 25 minutes from Akron and north of Canton.
- Town
- North Canton
- County
- Stark County
- State
- Ohio
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 416
- Approximate location
- 40.874, -81.397
Episode 416 / 19 August 2023 / 69 min / express
The Incredible Disappearing Head
"this week we're going to North Canton, Ohio... so this is in Stark County" about 0:04:21
The case: Murder of Brett 'Bubba' Smith (October 3rd, 2008). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2023
- Population
- 17,884
- Median household income
- $62,303
- Median home value
- $231,700
History, in brief
- North Canton began in 1831 as New Berlin, so named because most of its residents were German. about 0:05:29
- H. 'Boss' Hoover moved his family and tannery business from the family farm to the town in 1873; he owned the W. H. Hoover Company, the future Hoover vacuums. about 0:06:06
- Hoover was also the city's first mayor. about 0:06:40
- In 1908 Hoover began making vacuum cleaners. about 0:06:44
- During the First World War the town changed its name from New Berlin to North Canton because it was no longer acceptable to be associated with Germany. about 0:06:57
- By 1903 or 1933 the Hoover Company was the world's largest manufacturer of vacuum cleaners. about 0:07:08
- By 2007 the Hoover Company was officially out of business. about 0:07:16
The reviews read out
5 stars
"A nice small city with a mall, plenty of restaurants, well-maintained roads and little crime."about 0:07:26
4 stars
"A great town if you want to feel like you know everyone but know nobody; written by a 19-year-old college student about to leave for college in West Virginia."about 0:07:37
3 stars
"If I had it to do all over again I would have moved away the first chance I had and joined the military; the area is either poor or rich and feels like a dead end."about 0:08:15
3 stars
"Local representatives will say anything to the people, then turn around and tell a higher authority the complete opposite."about 0:08:54
3 stars
"The people where I live can be very deceiving; one has to look deep through the weeds to find the true people."about 0:09:15
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Coventry Township, Ohio12 miles
- Beach City, Ohio18 miles
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio23 miles
- Hudson, Ohio25 miles
- Montville Township, Ohio28 miles
- Howland Township, Ohio42 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.