In 1986, Cuyahoga Falls merged with Northampton Township, the first merger of a city and township in Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls had been founded as an industrial city, taking advantage of the river power. By the 1970s, though, it had become a residential community.
Guinness World Records says the oldest living person verified by original proof of birth is Misao Okawa, a 115-year-old Japanese woman. The oldest verified age was 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997.
Last June, Okama was given the title of world's oldest living person after 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, died. To date, the oldest person known to have ever lived was Jeanne Calment of France. She died at age 122, Guinness World Records reports. Okawa was born in 1898 in Tenma, Osaka.