North Royalton

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North Royalton
North Royalton, Ohio
North Royalton
North Royalton
Location in Ohio
Basic data
Foundation : 1818, 1927
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Cuyahoga County
Coordinates : 41 ° 19 ′  N , 81 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′  N , 81 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 30,444 (as of 2010)
Population density : 552.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 55.12 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of
which 55.12 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 365 m
Postal code : 44133
Area code : +1 440
FIPS : 39-57008
GNIS ID : 1065175
Website : www.northroyalton.org
Mayor : Robert A. Stefanik

North Royalton , until 1881 Royalton , is a city on the southern edge of Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It is about 13 miles south of Cleveland , on the edge of the suburban belt and not far from the intersection of Interstates 71 and 80 . The city is 21.29 square miles (55.12 km²) and had (2010) 30,444 inhabitants, 94.6% of them white.

The urban area is in the shape of a rectangle with an extension of approximately 4.5 miles (6.84 km) in a west-east direction and five miles (8.045 km) in a north-south direction. It corresponds to the western part of what was once a five by five mile township that was staked out during the Connecticut Western Reserve's land survey . Neighboring municipalities are Strongsville to the west, Parma to the north and Broadview Heights to the east. Medina County borders on the south .

The city lies on a hill between the Rocky River and the Cuyahoga ; it is 365 meters above sea level and 191 meters above sea level above the Lake Erie , the highest village in southern Cuyahoga County.

North Royalton was initially founded as Royalton Township in 1818. The settlement was named after the place of origin of the first arrivals, Royalton in the US state of Vermont . In order to avoid confusion with other places of the same name, however, it was renamed North Royalton in 1881. After the eastern part of the township was incorporated into Broadview Heights in 1926, the remainder of the township was also founded as a village in 1927.

The area remained rural until well into the 20th century; the local farmers mainly operated dairy farming . In 1940 North Royalton had 2,559 residents. It was only with the construction of the interstates in the 1950s and 1960s that the suburbanization of Cleveland progressed to this point and the population rose sharply from (1960) 9,290 to (1980) 17,705 to (2000) 28,648 inhabitants. In 1961 North Royalton was promoted to town. The largest local employer is the public service ; Industry and commerce are limited to small businesses.

Football player Dan Molls was born in North Royalton in 1991.

Additional information

literature

  • Marcis or Marcus (Eds.): North Royalton, Ohio, 1818-1968 . HW Hill Print, Parma (Ohio) 1968.
  • North Royalton Historical Society (Ed.): The History of North Royalton, 1811-1991 . North Royalton Historical Society (self-published), North Royalton (Ohio) 1992, ISBN 978-0-89139-043-5 .

Web links

  • NORTH ROYALTON. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, June 29, 2003, accessed November 12, 2010 .
  • ROYALTON TOWNSHIP. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, July 22, 1997, accessed November 12, 2010 .

Individual evidence

  1. BROADVIEW HEIGHTS. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, July 21, 2003, accessed November 12, 2010 .
  2. Community Profile. (No longer available online.) City of North Royalton, Ohio, September 8, 2010, archived from the original on October 6, 2010 ; Retrieved November 12, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.northroyalton.org