Parma (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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| Foundation : | 1816, 1924 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Cuyahoga County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 24 ′ N , 81 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 79,425 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,536.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 51.75 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 51.70 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 263 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 44129, 44130, 44131, 44133, 44134 | ||
| Area code : | +1 216, 440 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-61000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1049063 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofparma-oh.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Timothy J. DeGeeter | ||
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It is 19.98 square miles (51.75 km²) and is located nearly 11 kilometers south-southwest of Cleveland and 7.5 kilometers west of the Cuyahoga Valley. In 2010 the city had 81,601 inhabitants. Measured by this, it is the second largest municipality in Cuyahoga County after Cleveland, the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in Ohio. Parma is the bishopric of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church .
geography
The urban area has an approximately square basic shape with a side length of about 5 miles (8 km), bounded in the north by Brookpark Road, in the east by Broadview Road, in the south by West Sprague Road and in the west by West 130th Street. This form is interrupted on the west side; there, in the middle, the area of Parma Heights protrudes about 3.5 km deep into the urban area. The other neighboring cities and towns are Cleveland and Brooklyn in the north, Brooklyn Heights and Seven Hills in the east, Broadview Heights and North Royalton in the south and Middleburg Heights and Brook Park in the west.
Economy and Infrastructure
Numerous small and medium-sized industrial companies are based in Parma. In the north-west of the city, General Motors operates a stamping parts plant with almost 1,000 employees. In addition, several radio and television transmission towers are spread across the city. Largest retail location is the shopping center Parma Town Mall in the city center.
In 1992, Parma had 21 public primary and secondary schools with around 12,700 students and 12 Catholic primary and secondary schools with over 8,000 students. There are two hospitals, a Catholic children's village , numerous parks and a golf course . As recreation areas , two forest areas are along the West Creek to the southeast and at Big Creek in the northwest, both at the Cleveland Metroparks belong.
history
Parma and Parma Heights go back to the Parma Township of the same name, which was staked out in the course of the land survey of the Connecticut Western Reserve . The first settlers arrived in 1816 and started farming. After the western part of the township was spun off as Parma Heights in 1911, today's Parma was formed in 1924 from the rest of the township. After the planned incorporation into Cleveland was broken, the town was raised in 1931.
Despite its proximity to Cleveland, Parma remained rural well into the 20th century. Only after the Second World War began strong population growth; the population rose from (1940) 16,365 to (1960) 82,845 and reached its peak in 1970 with 100,216 inhabitants. Since then, the population has fallen again by around 15%.
Additional information
literature
- Kubasek, Ernest R .: The History of Parma . Parma, Ohio 1976.
- Parma Historical Keepsake Committee (Ed.): Parma sesquicentennial, 1826–1976 . Parma, Ohio 1976.
Web links
- PARMA. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, June 29, 2003, accessed July 8, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shingler, Dan: General Motors to close Parma powertrain, Mansfield operations. In: Crain's Cleveland Business. Crain Communications Inc., June 1, 2009, accessed July 8, 2010 .
- ^ Cleveland Metroparks Maps. (No longer available online.) Cleveland Metroparks, 2010, archived from the original on August 15, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Decennials - Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau, accessed July 9, 2010 (1790-2000).
