At the 35th District Assembly of the Pittsburgh District, held in the Akron Armory (Akron, Ohio) during the first day of business, Wednesday morning, May 6, 1942, the motion was adopted “that the district churches now located in the State of Ohio, be organized into a new district, and that it be called the Akron District. Signed Chas. C. Hanks, Secretary Advisory Board, and O.L. Benedum, District Superintendent.” At the 60th District Assembly of the Akron District, held at Canton, Ohio, during the second day of business, Thursday morning, May 30, 2002, “by unanimous recommendation of the District Advisory Board [and] by a unanimous standing vote, East Ohio District Church of the Nazarene was adopted as the new district name.”