Mentor, Ohio
| Mentor, Ohio | |
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| Motto: "City of Choice", "It's Better in Mentor" | |
 Location of Mentor in Lake County and state of Ohio |
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| Coordinates: 41°41′28″N 81°20′31″W / 41.69111°N 81.34194°WCoordinates: 41°41′28″N 81°20′31″W / 41.69111°N 81.34194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Lake |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Council President | Janet A. Dowling |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.00 sq mi (72.52 km2) |
| • Land | 26.65 sq mi (69.02 km2) |
| • Water | 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) |
| Elevation | 692 ft (211 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 47,159 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 46,901 |
| • Density | 1,769.6/sq mi (683.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 44060-44061 |
| Area code(s) | 440 |
| FIPS code | 39-49056 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085475 |
| Website | http://www.cityofmentor.com/ |
Mentor (MEN-(t)ər) is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. Mentor was first settled in 1797. The population was 47,159 at the 2010 census. In July 2010, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor 37th in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America.
In 1876 James A. Garfield purchased a home in Mentor, from which he conducted the first successful front porch campaign for the presidency. Garfield coined the term "Mentorite" when referring to a native of Mentor. That house is now maintained as the James A. Garfield National Historic Site. The city is home to Headlands Beach State Park, the longest public swimming beach in Ohio. The city is a major center of retail stores, ranking sixth-largest in Ohio as of 2012[update], and restaurants, ranking seventh-largest in the state as of 2012[update].US 20 (Mentor Avenue) is the major retail center, which includes the Great Lakes Mall, with additional shopping and strip malls found along most major roads. Convenient Food Mart is based in Mentor. Major products include medical related, polymers, plastics, electric boards and other peripherals that generally serve the computer and automation industries. Two major railroads pass through the city, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern.
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