Copley real estate
Avery Kolich, REALTOR® The Penney Group
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eXp Realty, LLC
A township rather than a city, with a longer history than most of what surrounds it.
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The houses in Copley
Copley is old. Gardiner Greene took the land from the Connecticut Land Company in 1807, Jonah Turner settled at Stony Ridge in 1814, and the first township elections were held on 5 July 1819. It was called Greenfield first, then renamed for Greene’s wife, a daughter of the painter John Singleton Copley.
Copley Circle exists because the Greenes deeded two acres to the township’s citizens in 1831. The township joined Summit County in 1840 and got rail service in 1891.
It is a township, not a city, and that is the thing to understand before you buy here. Fairlawn was its north-eastern corner until it split away and became a city in 1971. The 2020 census counted 18,403 people across what remains.
The housing reflects that history: some genuinely old houses, a lot of post-war and later building on larger lots, and more land per house than you get in the cities next door. I have closed on both sides here, listing on South Hametown Road and representing the buyer on Sunside Drive.
My closings here
- 712 S Hametown RdCopley, OH 44321Listed and sold
- 1548 Sunside DrCopley, OH 44321Represented the buyer
Both sides in Copley, with The Penney Group at eXp Realty, LLC.
Avery Kolich
Common questions
Is Copley a city or a township? A township, governed by trustees rather than a mayor and council. That affects some services and some local requirements. Fairlawn, next door, was part of Copley Township until 1971.
How is buying in a township different? Mostly in the details: what services are provided, how some permits work, and what the tax figure comes to. None of it is difficult, but it is worth having the real numbers for the specific address before you write an offer rather than after.
