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.
The Guinness World Records announced Misao Okawa, was the world's oldest person at 114 in 2013. Ms Okawa, who was born in 1898, died earlier this week having recently celebrated her 117th birthday. The new oldest person in the world, American Gertrude Weaver, is aged 116 and lives in Arkansas.