Cleveland Heights

Sister cities

• Volzhsky

History

The area that is now the city of Cleveland Heights lies atop the Portage Escarpment. Until the late 1800s, the area remained largely timber and farmland, with a few orchards, quarries, and vineyards. The first road through the city, Mayfield Road, was not built until 1828. The initial road took 2 years to build. Some of the land was divided into farms, but it also had quarries in the 19th century. One of the early quarries was established by Duncan McFarland who mined bluestone. This led to the settlement that grew up around the quarry for the workers to live in to be referred to as Bluestone. There is still a road of this name in that area. In 1873, business magnate John D. Rockefeller acquired about in what is now the cities of East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, with a water cure hotel, which he converted to a mansion for his family in East Cleveland. Eventually, some of the land, straddling both suburbs, was turned into residential developments, and, in 1938, the family donated land which is now Forest Hill Park. The development of electric streetcars made the development of suburbs far outside Cleveland's city limits practical for the first time in the 1890s. About 1890, a town center began forming at what is now the intersection of Mayfield and Superior roads. Cleveland Heights was first organized as a hamlet in 1901. The population of about 1,500 grew quickly, and in 1903 it incorporated as a village. It had a population of 15,396 in 1920 and was incorporated as a city on August 9, 1921. Between 1920 and 1930, Cleveland Heights' population more than tripled. By 1960 it had a population of 61,813. In 1890, railroad baron Patrick Calhoun purchased atop nearby Cedar Hill, and in 1893 established the planned community of Euclid Heights. In 1913, Barton R.…

Geography

Cleveland Heights is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Cleveland Heights is made up of three watersheds, the Doan Brook Watershed, the Dugway Brook Watershed, and the Nine Mile Creek Watershed. Approximately 50% of Cleveland Heights is part of the Dugway Brook Watershed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  45,246
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  40,070
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  39,383
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  31,785
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  31,275
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  31,080
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29,369
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  28,507

Largest nearby schools

• Alternative Education Academy
  Other · Independence · 5,783 students · 29.2:1 ratio
• Ohio Connections Academy Inc
  Other · Cleveland · 5,380 students · 39:1 ratio
• Cleveland Heights High School
  High · Cleveland Heights · 1,664 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Euclid High School
  High · Euclid · 1,618 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Mayfield High School
  High · Cleveland · 1,598 students · 19:1 ratio
• Shaker Hts High School
  High · Shaker Heights · 1,498 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• Garfield Heights High School
  High · Garfield Heights · 1,109 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Brush High School
  High · Lyndhurst · 1,041 students · 21.2:1 ratio

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