Cleveland Heights

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Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights
Location in Ohio
Basic data
Foundation : 1903
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Cuyahoga County
Coordinates : 41 ° 31 ′  N , 81 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 31 ′  N , 81 ° 34 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 46,121 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,196.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 21.0 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of
which 21.0 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 285 m
Postal code : 44118
Area code : +1 216
FIPS : 39-16014
GNIS ID : 1048605
Website : www.clevelandheights.com
Mayor : Cheryl Stephens (since 2016)

Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It is located 10 kilometers east of Cleveland , is 21 km² in size and had (2010) 46,121 inhabitants, of which 49.8% white and 42.5% black. The city has a significant Jewish community .

Cleveland Heights was originally a purely agricultural area that was used by farmers in the surrounding townships. Due to the proximity to Cleveland, various real estate projects in the style of a garden city such as Euclid Heights, Euclid Golf, Mayfield Heights and Ambler Heights emerged from 1895 . The new residential districts were connected to the city by a tram line and spun off as Cleveland Heights in 1903.

The Park Synagogue

The population grew from 1,500 to over 55,000 in the first four decades of the 20th century. From around 1920, many Jewish families from Cleveland moved here. In 1921 Cleveland Heights was promoted to city.

Because no classic city center could develop due to the planned development, several decentralized shopping centers were built in the city area. The largest of these is Severance Town Center, opened in 1963 with (2004) 60,000 square meters of retail space, which describes itself as Ohio's first self-contained shopping center. There is no industry worth mentioning.

There have been strong migration movements in the last few decades. The proportion of the white resident population fell, and blacks moved up in roughly the same proportion. The proportion of the black population rose from less than 1% (1960) to 41.8% (2000). Both population groups are, however, evenly distributed over the urban area.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Marian J. Morton: Cleveland Heights . Arcadia Publishing, Charleston (SC) 2005, ISBN 978-0-7385-3388-9 .
  • Marian J. Morton: The suburban ideal and suburban realities . Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 1860-2001. In: Journal of urban history . tape 28 , no. 6 . SAGE Publications, September 2002, ISSN  0096-1442 , pp. 671-698 (article).
  • Ruth Mills Robinson and Mary Emma Harris: The Proud Heritage of Cleveland Heights, Ohio . Howard Allen Publisher, Cleveland 1966.

Web links

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