MASSILLON  , a

city of Stark county, Ohio, U.S.A., on the Tuscarawas river and, the Ohio canal, 8 m . W. of Canton, and about 50 M . S. by E. of Cleveland . Pop . (1900), 11,944 (1693 foreign-born); (1910), 13,879 . It is served by the Pennsylvania (Pittsburg, Ft Wayne & Chicago Division), the Baltimore & Ohio and the Wheeling & Lake Erie railways . Massillon is built among hills in a part of the state noted for its large production of coal and wheat and abounding in white sandstone, iron ore and potter's clay . The city has various manufactures, including iron, engines, furnaces, reapers, threshers and bottles . The total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,707,013, an increase of 34.8% over that of 1900 . The first settlement was made in 1825; in 1826 the town was laid out and named in honour of Jean Baptiste Massillon; it was incorporated a village in 1853, and became a city in 1868 .