Euclid Heights, Ohio
| Cleveland Heights, Ohio | |
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Coventry Village in Cleveland Heights.
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| Nickname(s): City Of Trees,Home Of The Arts,Neighborhood City,Sharing City | |
 Location in Cuyahoga County and the state of Ohio. |
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.svg) Location of Ohio in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°30′35″N 81°33′48″W / 41.50972°N 81.56333°WCoordinates: 41°30′35″N 81°33′48″W / 41.50972°N 81.56333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Cuyahoga |
| Founded | 1903(Village) |
| Established | August.9,1921(City) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Cheryl L.Stephens |
| • Vice Mayor | Jason Stein |
| • City manager | Tanisha Briley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.13 sq mi (21.06 km2) |
| • Land | 8.11 sq mi (21.00 km2) |
| • Water | .02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 935 ft (285 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 46,121 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 45,181 |
| • Density | 5,700/sq mi (2,200/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 44121, 44112, 44118, 44106 |
| Area code(s) | 216 |
| FIPS code | 39-16014 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1048605 |
| Website | Official website |
Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. The city's population was 46,121 at the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census, Cleveland Heights was ranked the 8th largest city by population in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area and ranked 20th in Ohio. It was founded as a village in 1903 and a city in 1921.
The area that is now Cleveland Heights was settled later than most of Cuyahoga County. The first road through what is today the city, Mayfield Road, was not built until 1828. Some of the land was divided into farms, but It also had quarries in the 19th century. One of the early quarries was established by Duncan McFarland who mined bluestone. This led to the settlement that grew up around the quarry for the workers to live in to be referred to as Bluestone. There is still a road of this name in that area.
In 1873 John D. Rockefeller acquired about 700 acres in what is now the cities of East Cleveland and Cleveland, with the mansion itself in East Cleveland. Eventually some of the land, straddling both suburbs, was turned into residential developments and, in 1938, the family donated land which is now Forest Hill Park. There had been quarries within what is today Forest Hill Park previous to Rockefeller donating it to the city.
Rockefeller was not the only affluent Clevelander to come to what is now Cleveland Heights. The Euclid Heights development was created by Patrick Calhoun starting in 1892. It was centered around the Euclid Golf Course and began at the Cleveland city line, covering the area between Mayfield and Cedar roads as far east as Coventry Road. There was a streetcar line from this location running to the center of Cleveland's business district.
In 1898 Marcus M. Brown began the development of Mayfield Heights along the south side of Mayfield Road and east of the current Coventry Road - taking advantage of the Mayfield Road streetcar. Brown had purchased this land from Emil Preyer and his sister Mary Preyer Hellwig. Emil was oprtator of a cedar mill.
By the end of 1899 the streetcar reached out along Mayfield Road to the old village of Fairmount. In 1903 the village of Cleveland Heights was incorporated. In 1910 Cleveland Heights had a population about 5,000 people. It had a population of 15,396 in 1920 and was incorporated as a city on 9 August 1921. By 1960 it had a population of 61,813.
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