Parma

Sister cities

• Lviv
• Ternopil

History

In 1806, the area that would eventually become Parma and Parma Heights was originally surveyed by Abraham Tappan, a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company, and was known as Township 6 - Range 13. This designation gave the town its first identity in the Western Reserve. Soon after, Township 6 - Range 13 was commonly referred to as "Greenbriar", supposedly for the rambling bush that grew there. Benajah Fay, his wife Ruth Wilcox Fay, and their ten children, arrivals from Lewis County, New York, were the first settlers in 1816. It was then that Greenbriar, under a newly organized government seat under Brooklyn Township, began attending to its own governmental needs. Self-government started to gain in popularity by the time the new Greenbriar settlement contained twenty householders. However, prior to the establishment of the new township, the name Greenbriar was replaced by the name Parma. This was largely due to Dr. David Long who had recently returned from Italy and "impressed with the grandeur and beauty...was reminded of Parma, Italy and...persuaded the early townspeople that the territory deserved a better name than Greenbriar." Thus, on March 7, 1826, a resolution was passed ordering the construction of the new township. It stated, {{blockquote|On the petition of sundry inhabitants for a new township to be organized and erected comprising No. 6 in the 13th Range. Ordered that said Township No. 6 in the 13th Range be set off and erected into a new Township by the name of Parma, to be bounded by the original lines of said Township. A stone house, built in 1849 and known as the Henninger House, was occupied by several generations of Henningers and is still standing today. The house rests on one of the higher points in Cuyahoga County, which provided visibility…

Geography

Parma is southwest of Cleveland; it is bounded by Cleveland and Brooklyn on the north, Brooklyn Heights, and Seven Hills on the east, North Royalton and Broadview Heights on the south, and Brook Park, Middleburg Heights, and Parma Heights on the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.23%) is water. #Henninger House, built in 1849 and the oldest standing home in Parma, is planned to be part of the proposed Quarry Creek Historic District. Parma is bounded by Cleveland and Brooklyn on the north, Brooklyn Heights, and Seven Hills on the east, North Royalton and Broadview Heights on the south, and Brook Park, Middleburg Heights, and Parma Heights on the west.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  44,124
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  42,917
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  42,815
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  33,473
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  30,991
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  30,787
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  30,698
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  30,580

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
• Berea-Midpark High School
  High · Berea · 1,850 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• Strongsville High School
  High · Strongsville · 1,844 students · 19:1 ratio
• Berea-Midpark Middle School
  Middle · Middleburg Heights · 1,556 students · 21:1 ratio
• Valley Forge High School
  High · Parma Heights · 1,409 students · 22:1 ratio
• Lakewood High School
  High · Lakewood · 1,382 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• North Royalton High School
  High · North Royalton · 1,314 students · 18.8:1 ratio

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