Strongsville
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Location in Ohio
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| Foundation : | 1818, 1927 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Cuyahoga County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 81 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 43,858 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 687.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 63.82 km 2 (approx. 25 mi 2 ) of which 63.79 km 2 (approx. 25 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 284 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 44136, 44149 | ||
| Area code : | +1 440 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-75098 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1065396 | ||
| Website : | www.strongsville.org | ||
| Mayor : | Thomas P. Perciak | ||
Strongsville is a city on the southwestern edge of Cuyahoga County in the US state of Ohio . It is located 23.8 kilometers southwest of Cleveland , on the edge of the associated suburban belt and at the intersection of Interstates 71 and 80 . It is 24.65 square miles (63.82 km²) and had (2000) 43,858 inhabitants, 94.2% of them white. The city is named after its founder, John Stoughton Strong.
geography
The urban area forms a square with a side length of five miles (8.045 km). It is on the southwestern edge of Cuyahoga County and is bounded by Sprague Road to the north, West 130th Street to the east, Boston Road to the south, and Marks Road to the west. Neighboring communities are Berea and Middleburg Heights in the north, North Royalton in the east and Brunswick , Medina County in the south. To the west is Lorain County .
In contrast to all other townships in Cuyahoga County, there were no spin-offs in Strongsville Township. As a result, today's urban area - apart from a small fault in the border line to Berea to the north - still includes exactly those five to five miles square (64.72 km²) that were intended for each township in the original land survey of the Connecticut Western Reserve . This makes Strongsville the second largest municipality in Cuyahoga County after Cleveland.
The eastern headwaters of the Rocky River run through the urban area . It flows in a pronounced valley from North Royalton in a north-westerly direction to Berea. In the southeastern part of the city, numerous short tributaries have also created many small, deep gorges. This valley system of the Rocky River and its tributaries is still heavily forested and designated as a nature reserve. The total area of 1,291 hectares called Mill Stream Run is part of the Cleveland Metroparks and is used as a local recreation area.
Economy and Infrastructure
As a relatively young suburb of Cleveland, the city has numerous and extensive residential areas. It also has almost 1 km² of shopping centers and four commercial areas with a total of around 11 km². The local school district is one of eight basic - and two middle schools and a high school with a total of 7200 students. There is also a Catholic elementary and middle school as well as a privately financed vocational academy of the ITT Technical Institute .
Mainly small and medium-sized light industry and trading companies are located in the industrial areas, such as Demag Plastics ( injection molding machines ), Eberhard Manufacturing ( fittings ), Pat Catan's and Darice (arts and crafts and decoration) and the management consultancy Antares Management Solutions. Momentive Performance Materials (industrial ceramics ), Avery Dennison (office supplies, adhesive films) and the paint manufacturer AkzoNobel with its US headquarters are also represented by branches .
The most important traffic axes are the two Interstates 71 and 80. The I-71 Columbus –Cleveland runs in a south-north direction and has an exit in the city area. The crossing I-80 Chicago - New York runs in a west-east direction and is a toll road . It can only be reached via the motorway junction with the I-71, where the toll station is also located. The main main road in the city is US Route 42 , the old country road from Cleveland to Columbus. In addition, there is the CSX Cleveland Subdivision Cleveland - Lester (- Wheeling ) rail connection in freight traffic.
history
Strongsville goes back to the township of the same name, which was staked out in the course of the land survey of the Connecticut Western Reserve. It was founded in 1821 and named after the leader of the first group of settlers, John Stoughton Strong. In 1826, 89 households were counted. Most of the families worked in agriculture.
In 1927, the local self-government was upgraded as a village through a spin-off in order to take account of the increased population. Overall, however, the area remained sparsely populated and agricultural until after the Second World War . It was only with the construction of Interstate 71 in 1955 that suburbanization in the Cleveland area as far as Strongsville advanced and strong settlement activity began. The population increased from (1950) 3,504 to (2000) 43,858. This growth was also reinforced by the construction of Interstate 80 a few years later and intensive efforts on the part of the city to establish industrial facilities. The city elevation took place in 1960.
In the mid-19th century, Strongsville was a stopover for the Underground Railroad , an informal organization that helped slaves from the southern states to flee to Canada.
Additional information
literature
- Strongsville Chamber of Commerce (Ed.): History of Strongsville: Cuyahoga County, Ohio: with illustrations . Strongsville Chamber of Commerce, Strongsville 1958 (reprint of History of Strongsville ; 1st ed. 1901, 2nd ed. 1903).
- Strongsville Historical Society (Ed.): History of Strongsville: Cuyahoga County, Ohio . compiled by Strongsville Historical Society. Strongsville Historical Society (self-published), Strongsville 1967.
Web links
- STRONGSVILLE. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, June 29, 2003, accessed November 11, 2010 .
- History. City of Strongsville, 2010, accessed November 11, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cleveland Metroparks (ed.): Pathfinder . A Guide to Cleveland Metroparks. Cleveland 2006.
- ^ Strongsville City Schools - About Our District. (No longer available online.) Strongsville City Schools Administrative Office, 2010, archived from the original on December 17, 2010 ; Retrieved November 11, 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.
- ↑ US Department of Commerce • Bureau of the Census (ed.): 1950 United States Census of Population . tape 3 , no. 12 . United States Government Printing Office , Washington DC 1952, p. 20 .
- ↑ Alanson Pomeroy. In: Ohio History Central • An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History. Ohio Historical Society, February 14, 2009, accessed November 11, 2010 .
