Massillon is an unincorporated community in Massillon Township, Cedar County, Iowa

Massillon Township, Cedar County, Iowa

Massillon Township is one of seventeen townships in Cedar County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 330.-Geography:Massillon Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Brink, Center and Massillon...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is located south of the Wapsipinicon River

Wapsipinicon River

The Wapsipinicon River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long, in northeastern Iowa in the United States. It drains a rural farming region of rolling hills and bluffs north of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. The initial vowel rhymes with "pop".It rises in Mower County, Minnesota...

 on County Road Y24 west of Toronto

Toronto, Iowa

Toronto is a town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 134 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toronto is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 and north of Lowden

Lowden, Iowa

Lowden is a city in Cedar County, Iowa, United States. The population was 794 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lowden is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 in the northeastern corner of the county, at 41.914844N, -90.922851W.

History

The area where the town of Massillon was founded was originally known as Denson's Ferry, named after a Joseph Denson who ran a ferry on the Wapsipinicon River. The town plat was founded in 1854 and was a station along the Davenport & Northern Railroad. The town was named after the city of Massillon, Ohio

Massillon, Ohio

Massillon is a city located in Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately 8 miles to the west of Canton, Ohio, 20 miles south of Akron, Ohio, and 50 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 32,149 at the 2010 census....

located 540 miles to the east on US 30.