Maple Heights

History

In 1935, the city created Maple Heights Transit to provide connections to Downtown Cleveland, crosstown service, and service for schools. Built as one of the first large shopping centers, Southgate USA was dedicated in 1955, boasting over 80 retail stores, including JCPenney, Sears, and May Company. In 2002, the GCRTA dedicated its Southgate Transit Center, serving as a connection between multiple bus lines between Downtown Cleveland, Bedford, Shaker Heights, East Cleveland, and the Summit County Line. With deficit fund balances of over $2.8 million and defaults on 3 loan payments, Ohio Auditor of State Dave Yost declared the City to be in fiscal emergency in February 2015. Since February 2015, the City improved its finances and budgeting since with fund balances increasing and the general fund balance becoming positive in 2019—the first time since the fiscal emergency declaration. The City was released from fiscal emergency on November 18, 2020 by the Auditor of State; in the press release, Auditor of State Keith Faber said, "I applaud the leaders of the City for making the sacrifices and hard decisions that should provide residents a fiscally responsible community." In 2020, Governor Mike DeWine announced that GOJO Industries, makers of Purell, would establish a manufacturing facility in the City in the 325,000 square foot former Blue Coral building on Lee Road South. The Maple Heights facility was projected to bring 100 new jobs to the City.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  47,907
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  45,730
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  42,877
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  35,595
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  35,032
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  34,322
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  31,582
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  31,125

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-03-05
  3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.7 — 2026-01-06
  4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2025-05-12
  4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-06-01
  1 km E of Madison, Ohio
• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-01-05
  3 km SE of Madison, Ohio