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Public library
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A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries, Public libraries exist in many countries across the world and are often considered an essential part of having an educated and literate population. Public access to books is not new, romans made scrolls in dry rooms available to patrons of the baths, and tried with some success to establish libraries within the empire. In the middle of the 19th century, the push for public libraries, paid for by taxes. Public libraries were started with a donation, or were bequeathed to parishes, churches. These social and institutional libraries formed the base of many academic and public collections of today. The establishment of circulating libraries in the 18th century, by booksellers and publishers provided a means of gaining profit, the circulating libraries not only provided a place to sell books, but also a place to lend books for a price. These circulating libraries provided a variety of including the increasingly popular novels. Circulating libraries were not exclusively lending institutions and often provided a place for other forms of commercial activity and this was necessary because the circulating libraries did not generate enough funds through subscription fees collected from its borrowers. As a commerce venture, it was important to consider the factors such as other goods or services available to the subscribers. The Malatestiana Library, also known as the Malatesta Novello Library, is a public library dating from 1452 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna and it was the first European civic library, i. e. belonging to the Commune and open to everybody. It was commissioned by the Lord of Cesena, Malatesta Novello, the works were directed by Matteo Nuti of Fano and lasted from 1447 to 1452. In the early years of the 17th century, many famous collegiate, norwich City library was established in 1608 and Chethams Library in Manchester, which claims to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world, opened in 1653. Claude Sallier, the French philologist and churchman, operated an early form of library in the town of Saulieu from 1737 to 1750. He wished to make culture and learning accessible to all people, the Załuski Library was built in Warsaw 1747–1795 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops. The library was open to the public and indeed was the first Polish public library, at the start of the 18th century, libraries were becoming increasingly public and were more frequently lending libraries. The 18th century saw the switch from closed parochial libraries to lending libraries, before this time, public libraries were parochial in nature and libraries frequently chained their books to desks
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Berea, Ohio
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Berea is a city in Cuyahoga County in the U. S. state of Ohio and is a western suburb of Cleveland. The population was 19,093 at the 2010 census, Berea is home to Baldwin Wallace University, as well as the training facility for the Cleveland Browns and the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Berea, Ohio, was established in 1836, henry O. Sheldon, a circuit rider, selected Berea and Tabor as possible names for the community. The townspeople decided to flip a coin, and Berea won. The first European settlers were originally from Connecticut, abram Hickox, a Revolutionary War veteran, bought the first plot in what is today Middleburg Heights and in 1808 traveled west from Connecticut to his new purchase. Dissuaded by the swampy and heavily forested land he decided to settle in Cleveland and he became successful as Clevelands first full-time blacksmith. His plot of land was sold to his nephew, Jared Hickox and they followed an ancient Indian highway down through the forest from Cleveland and then, at what is now the corner of Bagley and Pearl roads, began to hack their way directly west. About two miles in they found Grangers plot markers and set up their homestead, today this area is a strip mall on Bagley Road, just down the road from Berea. At the time Hickox discovered Grangers plot markers, the area was a lowland and, as fate would have it. The family farm was in dire straits, having been so severely depleted of male laborers, love came to the rescue, however, and the areas spirits were lifted by its first marriage, that of Jareds daughter Amy Hickox to a recent arrival, Abijah Bagley. Bagley ended up taking over the farm and managing it into a successful concern, today, Bereas largest street bears his name. In 1828, educator John Baldwin moved to Middeburg Township where he joined forces with James Gilbrith and this village was founded in 1837. Baldwin ran the Lyceum Village School for five years until June 1842, however, one day while walking home, he had an impulse to take a new route across the river on his farm. He noticed a grouping of exposed rocks which he judged would make superior grindstones and this was the beginning of the Berea quarrying industry. After the Big Four Railroad was built from Cleveland to Cincinnati and it was then that Baldwin and the others of the Lyceum Village tried to think of a name for their new town. After Gilbrith proposed Tabor, John Baldwin suggested Berea, citing the biblical Berea in the Acts 17, after a coin flip, Berea was chosen. In 1842, the Baldwin Institute opened on the side of town. The school was open to all, regardless of sex, race or religious creed, in 1852, it was renamed Baldwin University
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South Euclid, Ohio
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South Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an suburb of Cleveland located on the citys east side. As of the 2010 census the population was 22,295, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.65 square miles, all of it land. The land currently comprising South Euclid was part of the Western Reserve, in 1797, Moses Cleaveland named the area east of the Cuyahoga River Euclid, after the Greek mathematician and patron saint of surveyors. Euclid Township was officially formed in 1809, in 1828, Euclid Township was divided into nine districts, with South Euclid becoming district two. But, by the 1860s, quarrying of the areas rich Bluestone deposits replaced agriculture as the economic mainstay. By the end of the 19th century, the section of the town had become known as Bluestone village. At the same time, with the decline of the Bluestone industry brought on by improvements to poured concrete, South Euclids rapid economic and population growth continued in the early decades of the 20th Century, partly driven by industry in nearby Cleveland. Due in part to funding by the WPA, which helped keep people employed through the Great Depression, population growth, which tapered during the Depression era, skyrocketed during the postwar period, driven by both the baby boom and white flight from the urban center of Cleveland. South Euclids population peaked in the early 1970s, by 1980, lacking large tracts of available land for development, and with a population shift to exurban communities, the population of South Euclid began to shrink. Like Cleveland Heights to the west and University Heights to the south, South Euclid is racially integrated, a large portion of the citys population consists of African-Americans, Italian-Americans, Jews, and immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet republics. According to the 2010 Census,89. 9% of South Euclids residents spoke English,3. 2% Russian,1. 7% Spanish,1. 2% Italian, and 1. 0% Yiddish as their first language. The median income for a household in the city was $59,423, the per capita income for the city was $27,343. About 6. 7% of families and 9. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, of the citys population over the age of 25,37. 9% hold a bachelors degree or higher. As of the census of 2010, there were 22,295 people,8,913 households, the population density was 4,794.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 9,607 housing units at a density of 2,066.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 54. 1% White,40. 7% African American,0. 1% Native American,2. 0% Asian,0. 7% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 0% of the population. 29. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04
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Cleveland State University
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Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964, and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the buildings, property, and students of Fenn College, CSU absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969. Today it is part of the University System of Ohio, has more than 120,000 alumni,1870, Cleveland YMCA offered free classes 1881, YMCA program formalized 1906, Reorganized as the Association Institute 1921, Renamed the Cleveland Y. M. C. A. School of Technology, or Y-Tech for short,1923, Y-Tech offers courses towards a bachelors degree for the first time. This is now reckoned as Fenn Colleges founding date, it was claimed as 1881. 1929, Renamed Fenn College after Sereno Peck Fenn, Fenn College took over several buildings in the area including Fenn Tower, Stilwell Hall, and Foster Hall. 1964, The state of Ohio founded The Cleveland State University 1965, On August 1, CSU took over the buildings, property, industrialist James J. Nance served as Chair of the first Board of Trustees. President Michael Schwartz ended open admissions and implemented a vision to move from a U. S. News & World Report fourth tier university to a second tier university. The Cleveland State University Board consists of nine trustees, a Secretary to the Board, in January 2006 the Board of Trustees amended their bylaws so that they could restructure board committees as well as include Community members on the Board. Community members serve as non-voting advisers and are appointed by the Board Chairman for an approved by the Board. Board of Trustees Member Listing Ronald M. Berkman, President Bernardo Bernie F. Moreno, levin, Vice Chair Stephen F. Kirk, Treasurer Thomas W. Adler, Trustee Development Officer Todd C. Davidson, Trustee David H. Gunning II, Esq and it also has research cooperation agreements with the nearby NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1965, when The Cleveland State University was formed the colleges were the Fenn College of Engineering, the Monte Ahuja College of Business is also highly regarded and is ranked in the top ten nationwide in performance of its Certified Public Accountant graduate students. Additionally, CSU is the first university in Ohio to offer a degree in software engineering. The Cleveland–Marshall College of Law traces its origins to the founding of Cleveland Law School in 1897, one of the most famous alumni of the Cleveland–Marshall College of Law was Tim Russert, host of television program Meet the Press, who graduated in 1976. Cleveland State maintains a variety of links with the Cleveland community. It also has a campus in Westlake, Ohio which is located in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area in Cuyahoga County. As of spring 2013, the student body totaled over 17,000
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Baldwin Wallace University
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Baldwin Wallace University is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio, United States. The school was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist settlers, eventually the school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin–Wallace College. As of July 1,2012 the school became Baldwin Wallace University, the institution offers a number of undergraduate and several graduate programs. Baldwin Wallace University is often referred to as simply BW, BW has two campus sites, Berea, which serves as the main campus, and BW at Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights. Today BW enrolls around 3,050 full-time undergraduate students,800 evening and weekend adult learners, BW recruits students throughout Ohio but also students from all over the United States and internationally. Baldwin Wallaces motto is Creating contributing, compassionate citizens of a global society. Baldwin Wallaces athletic teams compete as members of NCAA Division III athletics in the Ohio Athletic Conference, BW is known for its education, business, neuroscience, and music programs. BW is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, the BW Conservatory holds the title for the oldest collegiate Bach Festival in the nation. Beyond this, the radio station WBWC is known throughout the Cleveland area. Both the university and the town of Berea were founded by Methodist settlers from Connecticut and these settlers moved west after their homes were burned by the British in the Revolutionary War. The region in Northern Ohio became known as the Western Reserve, among early settlers of this area was John Baldwin. Baldwin enjoyed early success in the quarry industry. He eventually founded Baldwin Institute in 1845, Baldwin Institute became Baldwin University in 1856. Baldwins sense of equality led to the school accepting any student regardless of race or gender, moreover, Baldwin Universitys courses were not segregated. The surge of German workers in Baldwin’s sandstone quarries led to the establishment of a German department at the Institute, the Reverend Jacob Rothweiler, a professor at Baldwin University, named his project after James Wallace, and German Wallace College was founded in 1855. Students at both institutions were free to enroll in courses at Baldwin or German Wallace, Baldwin and Wallace were the primary benefactors to the two Berea colleges. After their deaths, and the decline of the industry in Ohio. Options were thin, and the United Methodist Church considered merging the schools with the more successful Ohio Wesleyan University in 1874, the University of Cleveland concept was abandoned for a more elegant solution
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Passport
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A passport is a travel document, usually issued by a countrys government, that certifies the identity and nationality of its holder for the purpose of international travel. Standard passports may contain information such as the name, place and date of birth, photograph, signature. Passports are moving towards including biometric information in a microchip embedded in the document, making them machine-readable, as of 5 April 2017,96 countries emit biometric passports. A passport holder is entitled to enter the country that issued the passport. Some passports attest to status as a diplomat or other official, entitled to rights, many countries normally allow entry to holders of passports of other countries, sometimes requiring a visa also to be held, but this is not an automatic right. Many other additional conditions, such as not being likely to become a charge for financial or other reasons. Some countries and international organisations issue travel documents which are not standard passports, one of the earliest known references to paperwork that served in a role similar to that of a passport is found in the Hebrew Bible. In the medieval Islamic Caliphate, a form of passport was the baraa, only people who paid their zakah or jizya taxes were permitted to travel to different regions of the Caliphate, thus, the baraa receipt was a travelers basic passport. Etymological sources show that the passport is from a medieval document that was required in order to pass through the gate of a city wall or to pass through a territory. In medieval Europe, such documents were issued to travelers by local authorities, on the whole, documents were not required for travel to sea ports, which were considered open trading points, but documents were required to travel inland from sea ports. King Henry V of England is credited with having invented what some consider the first true passport, the earliest reference to these documents is found in a 1414 Act of Parliament. In 1540, granting travel documents in England became a role of the Privy Council of England, in 1794, issuing British passports became the job of the Office of the Secretary of State. The 1548 Imperial Diet of Augsburg required the public to hold imperial documents for travel, the speed of trains, as well as the number of passengers that crossed multiple borders, made enforcement of passport laws difficult. The general reaction was the relaxation of passport requirements, consequently, comparatively few people held passports. During World War I, European governments introduced border passport requirements for security reasons and these controls remained in place after the war, becoming a standard, though controversial, procedure. British tourists of the 1920s complained, especially about attached photographs and physical descriptions, in 1920, the League of Nations held a conference on passports, the Paris Conference on Passports & Customs Formalities and Through Tickets. Passport guidelines and a general booklet design resulted from the conference, while the United Nations held a travel conference in 1963, no passport guidelines resulted from it. Passport standardization came about in 1980, under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO standards include those for machine-readable passports
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Cleveland Public Library
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The Cleveland Public Library was founded in 1869 and is located in Cleveland, Ohio. Librarian William Howard Brett opened the librarys first stand-alone childrens room on February 22,1898, effie Louise Power was appointed Clevelands first childrens librarian. In 1915, the Cleveland architectural firm of Walker and Weeks won a competition to design a new library building, construction of their classical Renaissance design, delayed by the First World War, began in 1923 under Linda Anne Eastman. Eastman was the first woman to head a major U. S. city library system and she opened bookshelves to patrons, replacing the New York Public Library system in which a librarian fetched the books. The Main Library consists of two buildings, the older wing, completed on May 6,1925 and renovated between 1997 and 1999, has five stories, each as high as two stories in most buildings. The renovations included the restoration of a mural painted by Ora Coltman in 1934 for the Federal Arts Project. The work was done by the Intermuseum Conservation Association, the second building, named after former U. S. Congressman Louis Stokes, was dedicated in 1997, in 2002, the Cleveland Public Library had annual attendance of 804,692 and an annual circulation of 1,698,928 items. In 2014, the collection totaled 3,721,300 items. The Cleveland Public Library is a member of CLEVNET, a consortium of 43 public libraries throughout northern Ohio, in 1947, it became a depository library for the United Nations Library network, holding documents for the state of Ohio. There are only 400 UN depository libraries worldwide, in 2012, the Library released a strategic plan focusing on communities of learning and preparing for its 150th anniversary in 2019. Main Building 1st Floor, Popular Library magazines, newspapers, circulation is also available on this floor. 2nd Floor, Literature includes fiction, film, comics, and television 3rd Floor, Fine Arts includes art, architecture, and music. This floor also houses Special Collections which includes the John G. White Collection of Folklore, Orientalia, and Chess, the Cleveland Digital Public Library opened on this floor on February 14,2015. 4th Floor, Youth Services and Foreign Literature 5th Floor is book storage Basement Walkway to Louis Stokes Wing Louis Stokes Wing Lower Level, the librarys Auditorium is also on this level. This floor also houses the Sports Research Center, 6th Floor, History and Geography also includes an extensive genealogy collection. The Map Collection is also on this floor, United Nations documents are deposited here too. H
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Parma, Ohio
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Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Located on the edge of Cleveland, it is both an inner-ring and the largest suburb of Cleveland. Parma, as of the 2010 census, is listed as the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio and the second largest city in Cuyahoga County after Cleveland. In 1806, the area that was to become Parma and Parma Heights was originally surveyed by Abraham Tappan, a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company and this designation gave the town its first identity in the Western Reserve. Soon after, Township 6 - Range 13 was commonly referred to as Greenbriar, 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, 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, thus, on March 7,1826, a resolution was passed ordering the construction of the new township. It stated, 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, on the same day, a public notice was issued to qualified electors by the County Commissioners. They met at the house of Samuel Freeman on April 3,1826 to elect township officers according to the law and it was then that the first eleven officers were elected to lead the new government. During this time, Parma Township remained largely agricultural, the first schoolhouse was a log structure built on the hill at the northern corner of what is now Parma Heights Cemetery. A memorial plate on a stone marks the spot, in 1827, the township was divided into road districts. The Broadview Road of today was known as Town Line Road as well as Independence Road. Ridge Road was known then as Center Road as it cut through the center of town, York Road was then known as York Street as arrivals from the state of New York settled there. Pearl Road then had many names which included Medina Wooster Pike, Wooster Pike, the Cleveland Columbus Road, 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 points in Cuyahoga County. This was also the site where the Erie Indians, centuries before, stood to read. By 1850, the US census listed Parma Townships population at 1,329, however, the rising population of the township had slowed over the decades
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Solon, Ohio
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Solon is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and is a suburb of Cleveland. It is part of Northeast Ohios combined Cleveland-Akron-Canton metropolitan area, the 15th-largest Combined Statistical Area in the country, according to the United States Census Bureau, in 2012, the city population was estimated at 23,160. The city has recognized by Money in its list of Best Places to Live multiple times, placing 23rd in 2009, 3rd in 2011. The city has been rated as one of the safest in Ohio, has a highly rated school system. Solon has an economy and in 2013 and 2014 was granted a Google eCity award. In 1820, the first settlers arrived from Connecticut to live in part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, the township was named after Lorenzo Solon Bull, who was the son of Isaac Bull, one of the first settlers. Purportedly, the selection of young Lorenzos middle name was due to its derivation from the father of democracy, Solon, the early settlers faced challenges common to pioneers, but in Solon, drainage and wetlands issues complicated settlement and agriculture. Overcoming these obstacles, Solon Township became a farming area, producing corn and wheat crops. By 1850, the population of Solon Township reached 1,034, because of nearby Clevelands position as a national hub of the railroad industry, rail also contributed greatly to Solons growth. In 1857, the Cleveland-Youngstown section of the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad established a line running through Solon, laid out in a traditional New England plan, Solon, like many of the neighboring townships, established a public square in its town center. In conjunction with townships to the north, a corridor was established through the town centers of Solon, Orange. Solon Township included the current municipalities of the City of Solon, in 1917, Solon was incorporated as a village and later became a city in 1961, operated under the mayor-council form of government. Solon was one of the first cities to use a comprehensive zoning plan and has been able to achieve a strong industrial base, further, the city has primarily concentrated its commercial and retail districts in the town center, making them convenient to all residents. In 1991, the extension of a highway, US422, was completed as an east-west corridor just north of its town center. US422 enables easy access to points throughout Northeast Ohio, providing a corridor extending from Cleveland through Solon. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 20.49 square miles. Like other Great Lakes region cities, Solon lies in a continental climate zone and has four distinct seasons, from hot summers to cold. The highest recorded temperature in the city was 101 °F in 1918, Solon experiences relatively high precipitation due to lake effect and its presence on the western end of the North American snowbelt
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Garfield Heights, Ohio
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Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,849 at the time of the 2010 census, Garfield Heights is located at 41°25′17″N 81°36′10″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 7.29 square miles. The elevation of Garfield Heights is 831 feet above sea level where it borders Cleveland, Marymount Hospital is the citys largest employer. The Ohio Department of Transportation has its District 12 headquarters in the city, the Garfield Heights Chamber of Commerce was established in the 1960s and includes over 250 business members from the area. Chart Industries, a gas tank manufacturer, has its headquarters in Garfield Heights. Chart Industries is one of the fastest growing companies in the world, the headquarters is in the Infinity Corporate Center. There is talk that Infinity Corporate Center may be renamed Chart Center, Chart is a $1 billion company and has been featured on CNBC, Fox Business Network, and Bloomberg. The Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in Ohio, is based in Garfield Heights, as of 2011, it had 17,456 members and $155 million in assets. Garfield Heights has seven wards and a form of government. The citys charter went into effect in 1956, the city also has a municipal court that serves several jurisdictions. City officials Mayor, Vic Collova Council President, Joseph M. Suster The council president is selected by members of city council, if the mayors seat is vacated, the council president would assume the duties, according to the city charter. Police Chief, Robert Byrne Fire Chief, Thomas Nemetz Fire houses,2 The city has a network of warning sirens. The sirens are tested at noon on the first Saturday of every month. A Community Emergency Response Team is in place, Garfield Heights uses traffic signal preemption. The Dan Kostel Recreation Center is located on Turney Road at the Civic Center complex and includes a swimming pool open during summer season only. Garfield Park Reservation, part of the regional Cleveland Metroparks system, is located in the Northeast corner of Garfield Heights on its border with Cleveland, the ethnic groups of Garfield Heights include Poles, Slovenes, Italians, Irish, and African-Americans. 93. 4% spoke English,2. 8% Polish,1. 2% Italian, as of the census of 2010, there were 28,849 people,11,691 households, and 7,393 families residing in the city
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U. S. state of Ohio. As of the 2016 census estimates, the population was 1,249,352 and its county seat is Cleveland. The county is named after the Iroquoian word Cuyahoga, which means crooked river. The name is assigned to the Cuyahoga River, which bisects the county. Cuyahoga County is included in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, former U. S. President James A. Garfield was born in what was Cuyahoga Countys Orange Township. After the discovery of the New World, the land that became Cuyahoga County was originally part of the French colony of Canada, which was ceded in 1763 to Great Britain and renamed Province of Quebec. In the late 18th century the land part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in the Northwest Territory. Cuyahoga County was created on June 7,1807 and organized on May 1,1810 and it was later reduced by the creation of Huron, Lake, and Lorain Counties. It was named after the Cuyahoga River, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,246 square miles, of which 457 square miles is land and 788 square miles is water. It is the second-largest county in Ohio by total area, a portion of Cuyahoga Valley National Park is located in the southeastern portion of the county. Lake County Geauga County Summit County Medina County Lorain County Portage County As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,280,122 people,571,457 households, the population density was 2,800 people per square mile. There were 621,763 housing units at a density of 1,346 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 63. 6% White,29. 7% African American,0. 2% Native American,2. 6% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 8% from other races, and 2. 1% from two or more races. 4. 8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 16. 5% were of German,12. 8% Irish,8. 8% Italian,8. 1% Polish,5. 9% English,3. 7% Slovak and 3. 1% Hungarian, ancestries. There are also numbers of Russians, French, Arabs, Ukrainians. 88. 4% spoke English,3. 7% Spanish, and 4. 9% some other Indo-European language,7. 3% of the population were foreign-born. 32. 80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.06. In the county, the population was out with 25. 00% under the age of 18,8. 00% from 18 to 24,29. 30% from 25 to 44,22. 20% from 45 to 64
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,113. The village was incorporated in 1844 from parts of three townships in two counties, neighboring Chagrin Falls Township was established in 1845. Chagrin Falls was laid out in 1837, the community takes its name from a waterfall on the Chagrin River in the middle of town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of 2.14 square miles. As of the census of 2010,4,113 people,1,872 households, the population density was 1,977.4 inhabitants per square mile. The 2,042 housing units averaged 981.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 98. 0% White,0. 4% African American 0. 8% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,0. 1% from other races, hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0. 9% of the population. About 39. 9% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.94. The gender makeup of the village was 46. 2% male and 53. 8% female, as of the census of 2000,4,024 people,1,862 households, and 1,100 families resided in the village. The population density was 1,943.2 people per square mile, the 2,041 housing units averaged 985.6 per square mile. In the village, the population was distributed as 22. 2% under age 18,3. 5% from 18 to 24,27. 8% from 25 to 44,26. 9% from 45 to 64, the median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.8 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $62,917, males had a median income of $69,609 versus $36,319 for females. The per capita income for the village was $42,885, about 2. 4% of families and 3. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Chagrin Falls is in the Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District, which serves the villages of Chagrin Falls, South Russell, and Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls High School was rated 97th in Newsweeks Complete List of the 1,200 Top U. S. This study was based largely on the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken to the number of graduating high school seniors, also in 2006, the Chagrin Falls district was given an Excellent rating for the sixth year in a row by Newsweek. On December 4,2008, Chagrin Falls High School was once ranked in the top 100 public high schools in the country
