Brecksville
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Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1811 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Cuyahoga County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 81 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 13,656 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 269.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 50.99 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 50.70 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 271 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44141 | ||
| Area code : | +1 440 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-08364 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1064483 | ||
| Website : | www.brecksville.oh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Jerry N. Hruby | ||
Brecksville is a city on the southern edge of Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It is located 20.8 kilometers south of Cleveland , on the edge of the suburban belt and not far from the intersection of Interstates 77 and 80 . The city is 19.69 square miles (50.99 km²) and had (2010) 13,656 inhabitants, 93.3% of them white.
geography
The city is located directly on the western high bank of the Cuyahoga . The urban area is bounded by Sprague Road in the north and the (extended) Boston Road in the south and the course of the Cuyahoga in the east. Neighboring communities are Independence in the north and Broadview Heights in the west. To the south and east is bordered by Summit County .
The plateau on which the city is located drops steeply towards the Cuyahoga and is drained by numerous small streams towards the Cuyahoga. These have created lots of narrow, deep gorges and the area is very rugged. Therefore, the development is concentrated on the western and higher part and is not very compact due to the valleys. The southeastern part of the urban area is a nature reserve (Brecksville Reservation) and belongs to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park .
Otherwise the development is divided into two parts. While loosened residential areas with large, well-tended gardens predominate in the north, there is an industrial area with haulage companies, a tank farm and a chemical factory of the Lubrizol Group on the southern edge near the motorway . A major employer is also the local hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs .
In addition, Brecksville is home to several listed buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These include Brecksville Town Hall, built in the late 19th century, the Brecksville Trailside Museum, and William Burt's home built in the first half of the 19th century.
history
Brecksville goes back to the township of the same name in the Connecticut Western Reserve , which was acquired by several families in 1811. Among them was a certain Colonel John Breck, after whose family the place was named. Although Colonel Breck himself never lived in Brecksville, his three sons settled here, and descendants of their families were listed as residents of Brecksville until 1934. In 1921 it was spun off as a community (village) , with the western edge of the township being added to the neighboring Broadview Heights. The extent in north-south direction remained unchanged and still corresponds exactly to the five miles (8.045 km), which come from the original land survey Western Reserve.
Due to its poor transport links, Brecksville remained sparsely populated and agricultural until well into the 20th century. It was not until the construction of Interstate 77 in the 1950s that lively settlement activity began and the population grew from (1960) 5,435 to (1970) 9,137 and (2000) 13,382. In this context, Brecksville was made a city in 1960.
Personalities
- John O'Brien (1960–1994), author of the novel Leaving Las Vegas , grew up in Brecksville.
- Mark Schulte (* 1977), soccer player with the Carolina RailHawks
literature
- Coates, WR: The Brecksville Centennial, 1811-1911 . Gates Legal Publishing, Cleveland, Ohio 1911.
- Johnson, Crisfield (Ed.): In three parts: with portraits and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers / comp. by Crisfield Johnson . Part Third: The Townships. DW Ensign & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) 1879, p. 411 ff . ( webdoc.sub.gwdg.de [accessed on May 6, 2013]).
- Snow, Dorcas Lavina: In and Out of Brecksville . Brecksville (Ohio) 1982.
- Wilcox, Frank, and Arthur Horrocks: A Reminiscent History of Brecksville . Berea Publishing Co., Berea, Ohio 1961.
Web links
- BRECKSVILLE. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, April 27, 2003, accessed May 6, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Cuyahoga County on the National Register of Historic Places: Brecksville Town Hall (# 73001404), Brecksville Trailside Museum (# 92000988), William Burt House (# 79000286).
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, 1940, pp. 537-538.