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Minerva is a village primarily in Stark and Carroll counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, with a small district in Columbiana County. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. Most of Minerva is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area.

Minerva village overview:
Name:	Minerva village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Carroll County, Columbiana County, Stark County
Elevation:	1,056 ft (322 m)
Land Area:	2.17 sq mi (5.61 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Population Density:	1,700.05/sq mi (656.28/km²)
ZIP code:	44657
Area code:	330, 234
FIPS code:	3950834
GNISfeature ID:	1056427
Website:	minerva.oh.us

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History

The village of Minerva began when a surveyor named John Whitacre purchased 125 acres of land from Isaac Craig in 1818 for the construction of a log mill. The town, named for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor born April 19, 1833, grew up around the mill. Minerva’s first schoolhouse was built in 1846. In its early years the Sandy and Beaver Canal helped drive Minerva’s economy, to be replaced in importance by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1840s. Minerva manufacturers Willard and Isaac Pennock patented the United States’ first steel railroad car in the nineteenth century.

In 1915, the town’s weekly newspaper, The Minerva News, charged one dollar for an annual subscription.