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Greater Cleveland is a nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 for the metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
 surrounding Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
.

Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. This article covers the area generally considered to be Greater Cleveland, but includes information on the entire region of Northeast Ohio which includes the cities of Cleveland, Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Canton
Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
, Lorain
Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Warren
Warren, Ohio

Warren is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 14 miles northwest of Youngstown, Ohio and 15 miles west of the Pennsylvania state line....
, and Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, whose urban area also extends into Trumbull County, Ohio to a significant extent....
.

According to the 2000 Census, the five-county Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
-Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
-Mentor
Mentor, Ohio

Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 50,278 at the United States Census 2000. In July 2006, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America....
 Metropolitan Statistical Area
United States metropolitan area

In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas." An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" ....
 (MSA) consists of Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,393,978....
, Geauga County
Geauga County, Ohio

Geauga County , } is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for a Indigenous peoples of the Americas word meaning "raccoon"....
, Lake County
Lake County, Ohio

Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 227,511. The county seat is Painesville, Ohio, and the county List of Ohio county name etymologies comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....
, Lorain County
Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland....
, and Medina County
Medina County, Ohio

Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 151,095. The 2004 projected population was estimated at 165,370....
, and has a population of 2,250,871.






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Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 for the metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
 surrounding Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
.

Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. This article covers the area generally considered to be Greater Cleveland, but includes information on the entire region of Northeast Ohio which includes the cities of Cleveland, Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Canton
Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
, Lorain
Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Warren
Warren, Ohio

Warren is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 14 miles northwest of Youngstown, Ohio and 15 miles west of the Pennsylvania state line....
, and Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, whose urban area also extends into Trumbull County, Ohio to a significant extent....
.

According to the 2000 Census, the five-county Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
-Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
-Mentor
Mentor, Ohio

Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 50,278 at the United States Census 2000. In July 2006, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America....
 Metropolitan Statistical Area
United States metropolitan area

In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas." An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" ....
 (MSA) consists of Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,393,978....
, Geauga County
Geauga County, Ohio

Geauga County , } is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for a Indigenous peoples of the Americas word meaning "raccoon"....
, Lake County
Lake County, Ohio

Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 227,511. The county seat is Painesville, Ohio, and the county List of Ohio county name etymologies comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....
, Lorain County
Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland....
, and Medina County
Medina County, Ohio

Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 151,095. The 2004 projected population was estimated at 165,370....
, and has a population of 2,250,871. Greater Cleveland is the largest metropolitan area in Ohio.

The larger Cleveland-Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
-Elyria Combined Statistical Area
Combined Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines United States micropolitan area and United States metropolitan area. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties ....
 is the 14th-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and includes the above counties plus Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 102,728; its county seat is Jefferson, Ohio....
, Portage County
Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 152,061. Its county seat is Ravenna, Ohio. Portage County is List of Ohio county name etymologies for the portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River Rivers....
 and Summit County
Summit County, Ohio

Summit County is an urban county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 542,899....
, with a population of 2,945,831.

The Cleveland-Akron-Canton
Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
 television Designated Market Area
Media market

A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television station and radio broadcasting offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content....
 covers this area, and all of Northeast Ohio except for the Youngstown/Warren region. It is the 16th largest in the United States, according to Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research

Nielsen Media Research is an United States company that Measurement Mass media audiences, including television, radio, theatre films and newspapers....
.

However, the areas commonly understood as Greater Cleveland or Northeast Ohio are not precisely defined. Most often, Greater Cleveland is understood as referring to all of Cuyahoga County, and a number of surrounding communities. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor MSA covers most of this area and some smaller outlying communities.

Northeast Ohio consists of 13 counties and includes the cities of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, Canton
Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Lorain
Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
, Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
, Medina
Medina, Ohio

Medina is a city in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,139 at the United States Census 2000. The 2008 projected population was estimated at 26,380....
, Ashtabula
Ashtabula, Ohio

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, Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, whose urban area also extends into Trumbull County, Ohio to a significant extent....
, and Warren
Warren, Ohio

Warren is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 14 miles northwest of Youngstown, Ohio and 15 miles west of the Pennsylvania state line....
. Northeast Ohio is home to approximately 4.5 million people, has a labor force of almost 2 million, and a gross regional product of more than US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
134 billion.

Additional counties are often (but not always) considered to be in Northeast Ohio. These locations include Ashland County
Ashland County, Ohio

Ashland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States, and was formed in 1846 from parts of Huron County, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio, Richland County, Ohio and Wayne County, Ohio Counties....
, Carroll County
Carroll County, Ohio

Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 28,836. Its county seat is Carrollton, Ohio. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence....
, Columbiana County
Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 112,075. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for Christopher Columbus and the county seat is Lisbon, Ohio....
, Erie County
Erie County, Ohio

Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 79,551. Its county seat is Sandusky, Ohio and is List of Ohio county name etymologies for the Erie , whose name was their word for "wildcat"....
, Holmes County
Holmes County, Ohio

Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 38,943. Its county seat is Millersburg, Ohio and is List of Ohio county name etymologies after Andrew Holmes, an officer killed in the War of 1812....
, Huron County
Huron County, Ohio

Huron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 59,487. Its county seat is Norwalk, Ohio....
, Richland County
Richland County, Ohio

Richland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 128,852. It is included in the Mansfield, Ohio Mansfield metropolitan area as well as the Mansfield–Bucyrus, Ohio Mansfield-Bucyrus, OH Combined Statistical Area....
, Tuscarawas County
Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 90,914....
, and Wayne County
Wayne County, Ohio

Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States, and is List of Ohio county name etymologies for General Anthony Wayne....
, thus making the total population of the entire Northeastern section of Ohio well over 5 million people.

The areas commonly referred to as Greater Cleveland or Northeast Ohio are not precisely the same as either the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor MSA or the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area defined by the U.S. Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
.

The region is considered by some to be a part of a megalopolis. Some geographers describe the area stretching from Cleveland to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
 as the "Steel City Corridor", encompassing the cities of Akron, Canton, and Youngstown. Others characterize it as part of a larger megalopolis that connects Chicago to Pittsburgh
ChiPitts

ChiPitts is a group of metropolitan areas mostly within the Great Lakes region /Midwestern United States area of the United States, but also including parts of Pennsylvania and New York in the Northeastern United States U.S....
.

Counties

  • Ashtabula County
    Ashtabula County, Ohio

    Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 102,728; its county seat is Jefferson, Ohio....
  • Cuyahoga County
    Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    Cuyahoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,393,978....
  • Geauga County
    Geauga County, Ohio

    Geauga County , } is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies for a Indigenous peoples of the Americas word meaning "raccoon"....
  • Lake County
    Lake County, Ohio

    Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 227,511. The county seat is Painesville, Ohio, and the county List of Ohio county name etymologies comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....
  • Lorain County
    Lorain County, Ohio

    Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland....
  • Medina County
    Medina County, Ohio

    Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 151,095. The 2004 projected population was estimated at 165,370....
  • Portage County
    Portage County, Ohio

    Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 152,061. Its county seat is Ravenna, Ohio. Portage County is List of Ohio county name etymologies for the portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River Rivers....
  • Summit County
    Summit County, Ohio

    Summit County is an urban county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 542,899....


Cities and villages


Cuyahoga County


*Bay Village
Bay Village, Ohio

Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,087 at the United States Census 2000. Bay Village is located in Ohio's 10th congressional district....

*Beachwood
Beachwood, Ohio

Beachwood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 12,186 at the United States Census 2000....

*Bedford
Bedford, Ohio

Bedford is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 14,214 at the United States Census 2000. It is an eastern suburb of Cleveland....

*Bedford Heights
Bedford Heights, Ohio

Bedford Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,375 at the United States Census 2000....

*Bentleyville
Bentleyville, Ohio

Bentleyville is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 947 at the United States Census 2000....

*Berea
Berea, Ohio

Berea is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 18,970 at the United States Census 2000....

*Bratenahl
Bratenahl, Ohio

Bratenahl is a wealthy village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Bratenahl is surrounded by the city of Cleveland, Ohio except for its shoreline on Lake Erie....

*Brecksville
Brecksville, Ohio

Brecksville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, thirteen miles south of the county seat of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 13,382 at the United States Census 2000....

*Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights, Ohio

Broadview Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,967 at the United States Census 2000....

*Brook Park
Brook Park, Ohio

Brook Park is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States and a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 21,218....

*Brooklyn
Brooklyn, Ohio

Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,586 at the United States Census 2000....

*Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights, Ohio

Brooklyn Heights is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,558 at the United States Census 2000....

*Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Chagrin Falls is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide....

*Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....

*Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The city's population was 49,958 at the United States Census 2000....


*Cuyahoga Heights
Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio

Cuyahoga Heights is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 599 at the United States Census 2000....

*East Cleveland
East Cleveland, Ohio

East Cleveland is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, and is the first suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 27,217 at the United States Census 2000....

*Euclid
Euclid, Ohio

Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders Cleveland. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 52,717....

*Fairview Park
Fairview Park, Ohio

Fairview Park is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It borders Cleveland, Ohio to the east, Westlake, Ohio and North Olmsted, Ohio to the west, Rocky River, Ohio to the north and Brook Park, Ohio to the south....

*Garfield Heights
Garfield Heights, Ohio

Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 30,734 at the United States Census 2000. In 2003 the population was estimated at 29,881....

*Gates Mills
Gates Mills, Ohio

Gates Mills is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,493 at the United States Census, 2000. Gates Mills is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio....

*Glenwillow
Glenwillow, Ohio

Glenwillow is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 449 at the United States Census 2000....

*Highland Heights
Highland Heights, Ohio

Highland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio in the United States. Highland Heights is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Highland Heights was originally part of Mayfield Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio....

*Highland Hills
Highland Hills, Ohio

Highland Hills is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,618 at the United States Census 2000. It was formally incorporated in 1990....

*Hunting Valley
Hunting Valley, Ohio

Hunting Valley is a wealthy, suburban village #Ohio located east of Cleveland, Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and Geauga County, Ohio counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....

*Independence
Independence, Ohio

Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 7,109....

*Lakewood
Lakewood, Ohio

Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland....

*Linndale
Linndale, Ohio

Linndale is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Brooklyn, Ohio. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 117....

*Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst, Ohio

Lyndhurst is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,279 at the United States Census 2000. Lyndhurst is located in northeastern Ohio, and is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio....

*Maple Heights
Maple Heights, Ohio

Maple Heights is a suburban Cleveland, Ohio city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,156 at the United States Census 2000....


*Mayfield Heights
*Mayfield Village
*Middleburg Heights
Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Middleburg Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,542 at the United States Census 2000....

*Moreland Hills
Moreland Hills, Ohio

Moreland Hills is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 3,298 at the United States Census 2000....

*Newburgh Heights
Newburgh Heights, Ohio

Newburgh Heights is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,389 at the United States Census 2000....

*North Olmsted
North Olmsted, Ohio

North Olmsted is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 34,113....

*North Randall
North Randall, Ohio

North Randall is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 906 at the United States Census 2000. It is home to the largest shopping mall in the Greater Cleveland, Randall Park Mall....

*North Royalton
North Royalton, Ohio

North Royalton is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,648 at the United States Census 2000. Originally incorporated as a village in 1927, it achieved the status of city in 1961....

*Oakwood
Oakwood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Oakwood is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,667 at the United States Census 2000....

*Olmsted Falls
Olmsted Falls, Ohio

Olmsted Falls is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,962 at the United States Census 2000.Geography...

*Orange
Orange, Ohio

Orange is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 3,236 at the United States Census 2000....

*Parma
Parma, Ohio

Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States and the largest suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 85,655....

*Parma Heights
Parma Heights, Ohio

Parma Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 21,659 at the United States Census 2000.Its current mayor is Martin K....

*Pepper Pike
Pepper Pike, Ohio

Pepper Pike is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent, upscale suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 6,040 at the United States Census 2000....

*Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights, Ohio

Richmond Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,944 at the United States Census 2000....


*Rocky River
Rocky River, Ohio

Rocky River is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is named after the Rocky River that forms its eastern border. The population was 20,735 as of the United States Census 2000....

*Seven Hills
Seven Hills, Ohio

Seven Hills is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,080 at the United States Census 2000. The city's chief claim to fame is its status as the residence of "former Seven Hills autoworker" and alleged death camp guard John Demjanjuk....

*Shaker Heights
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Shaker Heights is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 29,405, and was the tenth-largest city in Cuyahoga County....

*Solon
Solon, Ohio

Solon is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, and is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....

*South Euclid
South Euclid, Ohio

South Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio that slightly borders the city on its southeastern side....

*Strongsville
Strongsville, Ohio

Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 43,858 as of the United States Census, 2000. The current mayor, Thomas Perciak, was elected in November 2003 following the death of longtime mayor Walter F....

*University Heights
University Heights, Ohio

University Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It borders Beachwood, Ohio to the east, Cleveland Heights, Ohio to the west, South Euclid, Ohio to the north and Shaker Heights, Ohio to the south....

*Valley View
Valley View, Ohio

Valley View is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,179 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio with a town council form of government....

*Walton Hills
Walton Hills, Ohio

Walton Hills is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,400 at the United States Census 2000....

*Warrensville Heights
Warrensville Heights, Ohio

Warrensville Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,109 at the United States Census 2000....

*Westlake
Westlake, Ohio

Westlake is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 31,719 at the United States Census 2000. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and is located 12 miles from Cleveland's downtown....

*Woodmere
Woodmere, Ohio

Woodmere is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 828 at the United States Census 2000....



Geauga County

  • Aquilla
    Aquilla, Ohio

    Aquilla is a village #Ohio in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 372 at the United States Census 2000. This represented a very slight change from the 386 people who were reported there by the 1950 census....
  • Bainbridge
    Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio

    Bainbridge is a census-designated place in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, Bainbridge had a population of 3,417....
  • Burton
    Burton, Ohio

    Burton is a village #Ohio in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,450 at the United States Census 2000.History...
  • Chardon
    Chardon, Ohio

    Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,156 at the 2000 Census. The square area caught fire and burned down in the late 1800s in the devastating Chardon fire....
  • Chesterland
    Chesterland, Ohio

    Chesterland is a census-designated place in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,646 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • Hunting Valley
    Hunting Valley, Ohio

    Hunting Valley is a wealthy, suburban village #Ohio located east of Cleveland, Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and Geauga County, Ohio counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....
     (part)
  • Middlefield
    Middlefield, Ohio

    Middlefield is a village #Ohio in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,233 at the United States Census, 2000....
  • South Russell
    South Russell, Ohio

    South Russell is a village #Ohio in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,022 at the United States Census 2000....


Lake County



*Eastlake
Eastlake, Ohio

Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,255 at the United States Census 2000.Eastlake is the site where Akron, Ohio's FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shutdown at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, eventually leading to the infamous 2003 North America blackout a few hours later....

*Fairport Harbor
Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Fairport Harbor is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River . The population was 3,180 at the United States Census 2000....

*Grand River
Grand River, Ohio

Grand River is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River . The population was 345 at the United States Census 2000....

*Kirtland
Kirtland, Ohio

Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,670 at the United States Census 2000. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement....

*Kirtland Hills
Kirtland Hills, Ohio

Kirtland Hills is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 597 at the United States Census 2000....

*Lakeline
Lakeline, Ohio

Lakeline is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 165 at the United States Census 2000....

*Madison
Madison, Ohio

Madison is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 2,921....

*Mentor
Mentor, Ohio

Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 50,278 at the United States Census 2000. In July 2006, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America....

*Mentor-on-the-Lake
Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio

Mentor-on-the-Lake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,127 at the United States Census 2000....

*North Madison
North Madison, Ohio

North Madison is a census-designated place in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,451 at the United States Census, 2000....


*North Perry
North Perry, Ohio

North Perry is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 838 at the United States Census 2000....

*Painesville
Painesville, Ohio

Painesville is a city in Painesville Township in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River . Its population was 17,503 as of the United States Census, 2000....

*Perry
Perry, Ohio

Perry is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,195 at the United States Census 2000. It is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to commemorate his victory over the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813....

*Timberlake
Timberlake, Ohio

Timberlake is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 775 at the United States Census 2000....

*Waite Hill
Waite Hill, Ohio

Waite Hill is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 446 at the United States Census 2000....

*Wickliffe
Wickliffe, Ohio

Wickliffe is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,484 at the United States Census 2000....

*Willoughby
Willoughby, Ohio

Willoughby is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 22,621 at the United States Census 2000....

*Willoughby Hills
Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Willoughby Hills is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,595 at the United States Census 2000.Geography...

*Willowick
Willowick, Ohio

Willowick is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 14,361 at the United States Census 2000. A suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, Willowick is served by a branch of the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library....



Lorain County


*Amherst
Amherst, Ohio

Amherst is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is located in Lorain County, Ohio. The population was 11,797 at the United States Census 2000....

*Avon
Avon, Ohio

Avon is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,446 at the United States Census 2000....

*Avon Lake
Avon Lake, Ohio

Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,145 at the United States Census, 2000....

*Eaton Estates
Eaton Estates, Ohio

Eaton Estates is a census-designated place in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,409 at the United States Census, 2000....

*Elyria
Elyria, Ohio

Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....

*Grafton
Grafton, Ohio

Grafton is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the East Branch of the Black River . The population was 2,302 at the United States Census, 2000....

*Kipton
Kipton, Ohio

Kipton is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 265 at the United States Census 2000.Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 19, 1891, which was caused by railroad engineers' pocket watch not being in sync and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chron...

*Lagrange
LaGrange, Ohio

LaGrange is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,815 at the United States Census 2000....

*Lorain
Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....


*North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville, Ohio

North Ridgeville is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,338 at the United States Census 2000....

*Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland, Ohio. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music College or university school of music with approximately 3,000 students....

*Rochester
Rochester, Ohio

Rochester is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the West Branch of the Black River . The population was 190 at the United States Census 2000....

*Sheffield
Sheffield, Ohio

Sheffield is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Black River . The population was 2,949 at the United States Census 2000....

*Sheffield Lake
Sheffield Lake, Ohio

Sheffield Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,371 at the United States Census 2000.Geography...

*South Amherst
South Amherst, Ohio

South Amherst is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,863 at the United States Census 2000....

*Vermilion
Vermilion, Ohio

Vermilion is a city in Erie County, Ohio and Lorain County, Ohio counties in Ohio, U.S. The population was 10,927 at the United States Census 2000....
 (portions in Erie and Lorain Counties)
*Wellington
Wellington, Ohio

Wellington is a village #Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,511 at the United States Census 2000....



Medina County


*Brunswick
Brunswick, Ohio

Brunswick is the largest city in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 33,388 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan Area....

*Chippewa Lake
Chippewa Lake, Ohio

Chippewa Lake is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is located on Chippewa Lake , Ohio's largest natural inland lake....

*Creston
Creston, Ohio

Creston is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio and Wayne County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,161 at the United States Census 2000....

*Gloria Glens Park
Gloria Glens Park, Ohio

Gloria Glens Park is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 538 at the United States Census 2000....

*Lodi
Lodi, Ohio

Lodi is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,061 at the United States Census 2000....

*Medina
Medina, Ohio

Medina is a city in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,139 at the United States Census 2000. The 2008 projected population was estimated at 26,380....


*Rittman
Rittman, Ohio

Rittman is a city in Medina County, Ohio and Wayne County, Ohio Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The city is governed by Wayne County, although a small portion of the city is located in Medina County....

*Seville
Seville, Ohio

Seville is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,160 at the United States Census 2000. The community was named after Sevilla, a city in Andalusia, Spain....

*Spencer
Spencer, Ohio

Spencer is a village #Ohio in Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio located in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 747 at the United States Census 2000....

*Wadsworth
Wadsworth, Ohio

Wadsworth is a city in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1814, it was named after General Elijah Wadsworth, a American Revolutionary War hero.....

*Westfield Center
Westfield Center, Ohio

Westfield Center is a village #Ohio in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,054 at the United States Census 2000. It was founded in 1826....



Portage County


*Aurora
Aurora, Ohio

Aurora is a city located in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is co-extant with, and formed from, the former township of Aurora, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve....

*Brady Lake
Brady Lake, Ohio

Brady Lake is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 513 at the United States Census 2000 and 497 in the 2006 estimate....

*Garrettsville
Garrettsville, Ohio

Garrettsville is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio, Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio, and Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve....

*Hiram
Hiram, Ohio

Hiram is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio in the Connecticut Western Reserve....

*Kent
Kent, Ohio

Kent is a city in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in the northeastern part of Ohio and the western edge of Portage County....

*Mantua
Mantua, Ohio

Mantua is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio in the Connecticut Western Reserve....


*Mogadore
Mogadore, Ohio

Mogadore is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio and Summit County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
 (portions in Portage and Summit Counties)
*Ravenna
Ravenna, Ohio

Ravenna is a city in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio in the Connecticut Western Reserve....

*Streetsboro
Streetsboro, Ohio

Streetsboro is a city in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is formed from the former township of Streetsboro, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve....

*Sugar Bush Knolls
Sugar Bush Knolls, Ohio

Sugar Bush Knolls is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio and Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio townships....

*Tallmadge
Tallmadge, Ohio

Tallmadge is a city in Summit County, Ohio and Portage County, Ohio counties in Ohio, United States. It is also a suburb of Akron, Ohio and part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
 (portion in Portage County, mostly in Summit County)
*Windham
Windham, Ohio

Windham is a village #Ohio located in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is formed from portions of Windham Township, Portage County, Ohio, one of the original townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve....



Summit County


*Akron
Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....

*Barberton
Barberton, Ohio

Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....

*Boston Heights
Boston Heights, Ohio

Boston Heights is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,186 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Clinton
Clinton, Ohio

Clinton is a village in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,337 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 49,374. It is currently the second largest city in Summit County....

*Fairlawn
Fairlawn, Ohio

Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. An affluent suburb of Akron, Ohio, its population was 7,307 at the United States Census 2000....

*Green
Green, Ohio

Green is an affluent suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,817 at the United States Census 2000. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron, Ohio and Canton, Ohio, although it is technically part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....

*Hudson
Hudson, Ohio

Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,439 at the United States Census 2000, making it the 389th List of Midwestern cities by size....

*Lakemore
Lakemore, Ohio

Lakemore is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,561 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Macedonia
Macedonia, Ohio

Macedonia is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,224 at the United States Census 2000. Macedonia is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Mogadore
Mogadore, Ohio

Mogadore is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio and Summit County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....


*Munroe Falls
Munroe Falls, Ohio

Munroe Falls, formerly a section of Stow and Tallmadge townships, is a city located in the northeast portion of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, near Kent, Ohio and south of Stow, Ohio....

*New Franklin
New Franklin, Ohio

New Franklin is a city located at the southern edge of Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, in the northeastern part of the state. It is bounded by Coventry Township, Summit County, Ohio, as well as the cities of Barberton, Ohio and Norton, Ohio to the north; by Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio; by Clinton, Ohio to the southwest; by...

*Northfield
Northfield, Ohio

Northfield is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,827 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Norton
Norton, Ohio

Norton is a city in Summit County, Ohio and Wayne County, Ohio counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 11,523 at the United States Census 2000....

*Peninsula
Peninsula, Ohio

Peninsula is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 602 at the United States Census 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Reminderville
Reminderville, Ohio

Reminderville is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,347 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Akron, Ohio Akron metropolitan area....

*Richfield
Richfield, Ohio

Richfield is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,286 at the United States Census 2000. The village and surrounding Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio are fast-growing, rural/suburban communities, known for good schools and being equidistant between the downtown areas of Akron, Ohio and Cleve...

*Silver Lake
Silver Lake, Ohio

Silver Lake is a village #Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States of America. It is an affluent suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....

*Stow
Stow, Ohio

Stow is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,139 at the United States Census 2000, and 34,051 as of 2007. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....

*Tallmadge
Tallmadge, Ohio

Tallmadge is a city in Summit County, Ohio and Portage County, Ohio counties in Ohio, United States. It is also a suburb of Akron, Ohio and part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....

*Twinsburg
Twinsburg, Ohio

Twinsburg is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, a suburban city about halfway between Akron, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....



Area codes

In the 1950s, AT&T
AT&T

AT&T Inc. is the largest US provider of both local and long distance telephone services, and Digital subscriber line Internet access. AT&T is the second largest provider of wireless service in the United States, with over 77 million wireless customers, and more than 150 million total customers....
 assigned Northeast Ohio the 216 area code
North American Numbering Plan

The North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its Insular area, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 of the Caribbean countries....
, and in 1996, Northeast Ohio was divided into two area codes. Area code 216
Area code 216

Area code 216 is one of the telephone area codes serving the state of Ohio. It covers the Cleveland area.It was one of the original area codes issued in the North American Numbering Plan on January 1, 1947....
 was reduced in size to cover the northern half of its prior area, centering on Cleveland and its suburbs. Area code 330 was introduced for remaining outlying areas formerly covered by area code 216, including Akron, Canton, and Youngstown.

In 1997, area code 216 was further split as the need for additional phone numbers grew. Area code 216 was again reduced in geographical area to cover the city of Cleveland and its inner ring suburbs
Inner suburbs

Inner suburbs can refer to neighbourhoods of the inner city in the Commonwealth countries , or to the innermost ring of suburbs that lie outside a city's limits, as in the United States....
. Area code 440
Area code 440

Area code 440 is a North American Numbering Plan telephone area code serving part of Northeast Ohio, United States, including the Greater Cleveland area, and was established August 16, 1997....
 was introduced to cover the remainder of was what previously area code 216, including Lake, Lorain, Ashtabula, Geauga, and other Greater Cleveland counties. Some communities, such as Parma
Parma, Ohio

Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States and the largest suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 85,655....
, were divided into multiple area codes. In 1999, Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich

Dennis John Kucinich is a United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the Democratic National Convention in the U.S....
 introduced federal legislation to protect small and medium-sized cities from being split into two or more area codes.

In 2000, it was anticipated that the available phone numbers in area code 330 would be exhausted, and an overlay area code
Overlay plan

In telephony, especially in NANP, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geography area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area....
 was introduced. Area code 234
Area code 234

Area code 330 is a North American Numbering Plan telephone area code serving part of Northeast Ohio, United States which was established on March 9, 1996....
 was assigned to overlap existing area code 330. With the creation of area code 234, any new phone number in the geographical area formerly covered by area code 330 could be assigned a phone number in either the 234 or 330 area codes, with no change in local or long distance toll status. This made necessary the use of ten-digit dialing within the 330/234 area code region. After the introduction of area code 234, assignments of new telephone numbers in the area did not continue at an accelerated pace, and new phone numbers for area code 234 were not assigned until 2003.

Business and industry

More than 37% of Fortune 500
Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 United States public corporations as measured by their gross revenue, although Fortune makes adjustments to the revenue for a number of companies, particularly to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect....
 companies are present in Northeast Ohio, through corporate headquarters, major divisions, subsidiaries, and sales offices. In addition, more than 150 international companies have a presence there. , Northeast Ohio serves as the corporate
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 headquarters
Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
 of 25 Fortune 1000
Fortune 1000

Fortune 1000 is a reference to a list maintained by the American business magazine Fortune . The list is of the 1000 largest American companies, ranked on revenues alone....
 firms (shown with 2006 rankings below):
  • (#112) Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
    Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin....
     (Akron
    Akron, Ohio

    Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    , rubber)
  • (#153) Progressive Insurance
    Progressive Corporation

    The Progressive Corporation , Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, through its subsidiaries, provides personal automobile insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services in the United States....
     (Mayfield Village, insurance)
  • (#184) FirstEnergy
    FirstEnergy

    File:FirstEnergyChaseAkronOhio.JPGFirstEnergy Corp. , is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services....
     (Akron, utilities)
  • (#210) Eaton Corporation
    Eaton Corporation

    Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2008 sales of $15.4 billion . Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel econo...
     (Cleveland, motor vehicle parts)
  • (#213) National City Corporation (Cleveland
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    , banking)
  • (#279) Parker-Hannifin (Mayfield Heights, aerospace)
  • (#311) Sherwin-Williams
    Sherwin-Williams Company

    The Sherwin-Williams Company is an United States company in the general building materials industry. The company primarily engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North America and South America....
     (Cleveland, paint)
  • (#325) KeyCorp
    Key Bank

    KeyBank is a bank headquartered in the Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. , it is the 16th largest bank in the United States based on total deposits.....
      (Cleveland, banking)
  • (#417) The Timken Company
    Timken Company

    The Timken Company is a major manufacturer of tapered roller bearings and specialty steels located in Canton, Ohio, Ohio. Their products are used in transportation, industrial equipment, electronics, mining and drilling, aerospace and defense and in military applications....
     (Canton
    Canton, Ohio

    Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
    , specialty steel)
  • (#486) Lubrizol Corporation
    Lubrizol

    The Lubrizol Corporation is a provider of specialty chemicals for the transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These products include additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, additives for industrial lubricants and additives for gasoline and diesel fuel....
     (Wickliffe
    Wickliffe, Ohio

    Wickliffe is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,484 at the United States Census 2000....
    , lubricants and chemicals)
  • (#589) Nacco Industries (Cleveland, industrial equipment)
  • (#671) Diebold
    Diebold

    Diebold, Inc. is a United States-based security systems corporation that is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems , electronic and physical security products , voting machines, and software and integrated systems for global financial and commercial markets....
     (Green
    Green, Ohio

    Green is an affluent suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,817 at the United States Census 2000. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron, Ohio and Canton, Ohio, although it is technically part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
    , electronics)
  • (#674) PolyOne Corporation
    PolyOne Corporation

    PolyOne Corporation , is a manufacturer in the chemicals industry and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The company produces vinyl and engineered materials based compounds, polymer coating systems, screen printing inks, color and additives, and specialty vinyl resins....
     (Avon Lake
    Avon Lake, Ohio

    Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,145 at the United States Census, 2000....
    , chemicals)
  • (#678) RPM International
    RPM International

    RPM International Inc is a multinational holding company that with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals....
     (Medina
    Medina, Ohio

    Medina is a city in Medina County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,139 at the United States Census 2000. The 2008 projected population was estimated at 26,380....
    , chemicals)
  • (#704) Aleris International, Inc. (Beachwood
    Beachwood, Ohio

    Beachwood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 12,186 at the United States Census 2000....
    , metals)
  • (#765) The J.M. Smucker Co.
    The J.M. Smucker Co.

    The J. M. Smucker Company is a manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, and natural peanut butter in North America....
     (Orrville
    Orrville, Ohio

    Orrville is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,551 at the United States Census 2000.The J.M. Smucker Co., owner of the successful Smucker's brand, is headquartered in Orrville....
    , food consumer products)
  • (#825) American Greetings
    American Greetings

    American Greetings Corporation, Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products , and electronic expressive content ....
     (Cleveland, greeting cards)
  • (#839) Jo Ann Stores (Hudson
    Hudson, Ohio

    Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,439 at the United States Census 2000, making it the 389th List of Midwestern cities by size....
    , specialty retailer)
  • (#846) Medical Mutual of Ohio
    Medical Mutual of Ohio

    Company OverviewMedical Mutual is the oldest and largest health insurance company based in Ohio. The company serves its customers through high-quality, affordable group and personal health insurance plans, and third-party administrative services to self-insured group customers....
     (Cleveland, health insurance)
  • (#878) Cleveland-Cliffs
    Cleveland-Cliffs

    Cliffs Natural Resources, formerly Cleveland-Cliffs, is a Cleveland, Ohio business firm that specializes in the mining and beneficiation of iron ore and the mining of coal....
     (Cleveland, mining and crude oil)
  • (#888) Applied Industrial Technologies
    Applied Industrial Technologies

    Applied Industrial Technologies , is one of North America's largest independent distributors and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2007, the company was listed as 885 on the Fortune 1000....
     (Cleveland, bearings)
  • (#922) Agilysis (Mayfield Heights, electronics)
  • (#928) Lincoln Electric
    Lincoln Electric

    Lincoln Electric is a company in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, United States that manufactures arc welding equipment. They are a worldwide leader in production of welding equipment and have subsidiary companies around the globe....
     (Cleveland, arc welding equipment)
  • (#955) Invacare
    Invacare

    Invacare Corporation is world's leading manufacturer and distributor of non-acute medical equipments including wheelchairs, mobility scooters, walkers as well as respiratory products....
     (Elyria
    Elyria, Ohio

    Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
    , medical products and equipment)
  • (#995) A. Shulman (Akron, chemicals)


Other large employers include:
  • Babcock & Wilcox (Barberton
    Barberton, Ohio

    Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the United States Census 2000. It is a suburb of Akron, Ohio and is part of the Akron Akron metropolitan area....
    , engineering)
  • Cafaro Corp (Youngstown, mall management and properties)
  • Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland Clinic

    The Cleveland Clinic is a multispecialty academic medical center located in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Currently regarded as one of the best hospitals in the world, the Cleveland Clinic was established in 1921 by four physicians for the purpose of providing patient care, research, and medical education in an ideal medical setting....
     (Cleveland, health care)
  • Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
    Developers Diversified Realty Corporation

    Developers Diversified Realty Corporation is one of the largest owners and developers of retail shopping centers in the United States. The company was founded in 1965 and is based in Beachwood, Ohio, Ohio, an eastern suburb of Greater Cleveland....
     (Beachwood, real estate development)
  • DeBartolo-York Corp (Boardman Twp., Youngstown, mall management and properties)
  • Exal Corp Aluminum Production (Youngstown, metals)
  • FirstMerit (Akron, banking)
  • Forest City Enterprises
    Forest City Enterprises

    Forest City Enterprises is a $9-billion diversified real estate property management and real estate developer company based in Cleveland, Ohio....
     (Cleveland, real estate development)
  • Gojo (Akron, chemicals)
  • Home Savings and Loan (Youngstown, banking)
  • IMG
    IMG (business)

    IMG, originally known as the "International Management Group" is an international talent agent and production company. It was founded by Mark McCormack and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, USA....
     (Cleveland, sports marketing and management)
  • Jones Day
    Jones Day

    Jones Day is an international law firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded on March 1, 1893 by Judge Edwin J. Blandin and William Lowe Rice....
     (Cleveland, legal services)
  • Roadway Express
    Roadway Express

    Roadway is an operating company within YRC National Transportation, a division of YRC Worldwide which is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The company services all states as Roadway, services Canada with its subsidiary, Reimer Express....
     (Akron, logistics)
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland
    University Hospitals of Cleveland

    University Hospitals is a major not-for-profit medical center in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, United States. With 150 locations throughout northeast Ohio, it encompasses a network of hospitals, outpatient centers and primary care physicians....
     (Cleveland, health care)
  • InkStop, Inc. (Warrensville Hts., office products retailer)


Small businesses and startups


The Council of Smaller Enterprises
Council of Smaller Enterprises

The Council of Smaller Enterprises, known as COSE, is a division of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and an organization that coordinates the activities of and provides resources and advocacy for small businesses in the Greater Cleveland area....
 is coordinates and advocates for small businesses in the region. Many of the area's sustainability
Sustainability

Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the ability to maintain a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems....
-oriented companies are tied into the network Entrepreneurs for Sustainability
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability

Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, abbreviated as E4S, is a business network in the Greater Cleveland area oriented towards sustainability and entrepreneurship....
.

Colleges and universities

Greater Cleveland is home to a number of higher education institutions, including:
  • Baldwin-Wallace College
    Baldwin-Wallace College

    Baldwin-Wallace College is a small, liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1845, and is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, an internationally renowned music school....
     (Berea
    Berea, Ohio

    Berea is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 18,970 at the United States Census 2000....
    )
  • Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve University

    Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio....
     (Cleveland
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    )
  • Cleveland College of Jewish Studies (Beachwood
    Beachwood, Ohio

    Beachwood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 12,186 at the United States Census 2000....
    )
  • Cleveland Institute of Art
    Cleveland Institute of Art

    The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private university art school located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women....
     (Cleveland)
  • Cleveland Institute of Music
    Cleveland Institute of Music

    The Cleveland Institute of Music is an independent music conservatory located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president Joel Smirnoff and Catherine Jarjisian, interim dean....
     (Cleveland)
  • Cleveland State University
    Cleveland State University

    Cleveland State University is a public university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The current President is Michael Schwartz, who was previously president emeritus and a professor at Kent State University....
     (Cleveland)
  • Cuyahoga Community College
    Cuyahoga Community College

    Cuyahoga Community College is a community college in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Founded in 1962, Cuyahoga Community College is the oldest community college in Ohio....
     (Cleveland, Highland Hills
    Highland Hills, Ohio

    Highland Hills is a village #Ohio in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,618 at the United States Census 2000. It was formally incorporated in 1990....
    , and Parma
    Parma, Ohio

    Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States and the largest suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 85,655....
    )
  • Hiram College
    Hiram College

    Hiram College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Hiram, Ohio.Founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, the school was rechartered under the current name in 1867....
     (Hiram
    Hiram, Ohio

    Hiram is a village #Ohio in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio in the Connecticut Western Reserve....
    )
  • John Carroll University
    John Carroll University

    John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio area in the United States. The university was founded as Saint Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio by the Society of Jesus....
     (University Heights
    University Heights, Ohio

    University Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It borders Beachwood, Ohio to the east, Cleveland Heights, Ohio to the west, South Euclid, Ohio to the north and Shaker Heights, Ohio to the south....
    )
  • Kent State University
    Kent State University

    Kent State University is one of America's largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio....
     (Kent
    Kent, Ohio

    Kent is a city in Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in the northeastern part of Ohio and the western edge of Portage County....
    )
  • Lake Erie College
    Lake Erie College

    Lake Erie College is a Private university liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio, Ohio, approximately east of Cleveland, Ohio....
     (Painesville
    Painesville, Ohio

    Painesville is a city in Painesville Township in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River . Its population was 17,503 as of the United States Census, 2000....
    )
  • Lakeland Community College
    Lakeland Community College

    Lakeland Community College is a two-year community college in Lake County, Ohio. Established in 1967, Lakeland was the first college in Ohio founded by a vote of the people....
     (Kirtland
    Kirtland, Ohio

    Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,670 at the United States Census 2000. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement....
    )
  • Lorain County Community College
    Lorain County Community College

    Lorain County Community College is a community college located in the city of Elyria, Ohio in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, which is part of the Northeast Ohio region....
     (Elyria
    Elyria, Ohio

    Elyria is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio at the forks of the Black River founded in 1817....
    )
  • Myers University
    Myers University

    Chancellor University is a private, for-profit university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The University was opened by R. S. Bacon as a college of business in 1848 on West 3rd Street in Cleveland, Ohio....
     (formerly Dyke College) (Cleveland)
  • Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
    Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

    Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, also known as NEOUCOM, is a community-based, state medical school that offers a combined B.S./M.D....
     (Rootstown
    Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio

    Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen civil township of Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 7,212 people in the township....
    )
  • Notre Dame College
    Notre Dame College

    Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio, USA, is a Catholic coeducational career-focused liberal arts college. Established in 1922 as a Women's colleges in the United States it has been coeducational since January 2001....
     (South Euclid
    South Euclid, Ohio

    South Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio that slightly borders the city on its southeastern side....
    )
  • Oberlin College
    Oberlin College

    Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked Liberal arts colleges in the United States with a top-ranked conservatory....
     (Oberlin
    Oberlin, Ohio

    Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland, Ohio. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music College or university school of music with approximately 3,000 students....
    )
  • Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
    Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine

    The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, known colloquially as OCPM, is a four-year, private medical college in the greater Cleveland, Ohio metro area, in the Southern Suburb of Independence, Ohio....
     (Cleveland)
  • University of Akron
    University of Akron

    The University of Akron is a Public university institution of higher learning located in Akron, Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church of America....
     (Akron
    Akron, Ohio

    Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    )
  • Ursuline College
    Ursuline College

    For the English Catholic Sports College, based in Westgate, see Ursuline College .Ursuline College is a small, Roman Catholicism liberal arts college Women's colleges in the United States in Pepper Pike, Ohio, Ohio....
     (Pepper Pike
    Pepper Pike, Ohio

    Pepper Pike is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent, upscale suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 6,040 at the United States Census 2000....
    )
  • Youngstown State University
    Youngstown State University

    Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an accredited university located in Youngstown, Ohio, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2008, there were 13,712 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1....
     (Youngstown, Ohio
    Youngstown, Ohio

    Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, whose urban area also extends into Trumbull County, Ohio to a significant extent....
    )


Transportation


Airports

Greater Cleveland is served by international, regional and county airports, including:
  • Akron-Canton Regional Airport
    Akron-Canton Regional Airport

    Akron-Canton Airport is a commercial Class C airport airport located in the city of Green, Ohio, in southern Summit County, Ohio roughly southeast of Akron, Ohio, Ohio, roughly northwest of Canton, Ohio, Ohio, and roughly south of Cleveland, Ohio....
  • Akron Fulton International Airport
    Akron Fulton International Airport

    Akron Fulton International Airport is a general aviation airport located in the city of Akron, Ohio in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States....
  • Burke Lakefront Airport
  • Cuyahoga County Airport
    Cuyahoga County Airport

    Cuyahoga County Airport , also known as Robert D. Shea Field, is an airport located in northeastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, about east of Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sits on the border of three cities: Highland Heights, Ohio, Richmond Heights, Ohio and Willoughby Hills, Ohio ....
  • Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
    Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

    Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a public airport located nine miles southwest of the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio, a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States....
  • Landsdown Airport (Private, Youngstown's Eastside)
  • Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport
    Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport

    Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport is a public airport located in Vienna Center, Ohio, 11 miles north of Youngstown, Ohio and 10 miles east of Warren, Ohio, in Trumbull County, Ohio, Ohio, in the United States....


Highways

Cleveland Interstate Highways Map
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I 71
Interstate 71
Interstate 71

Interstate 71 is an Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes/Midwestern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 in Louisville, Kentucky....
  • I 76
    Interstate 76
    Interstate 76 (east)

    Interstate 76 is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles from an interchange with Interstate 71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey....
  • I 77
    Interstate 77
    Interstate 77

    Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio....
  • I 80
    Interstate 80
    Interstate 80

    Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States . It connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City....
  • I 90
    Interstate 90
    Interstate 90

    Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate. Its western terminus is in Seattle, Washington, at 4th Avenue S....
  • I 271
    Interstate 271
  • I 277
    Interstate 277
    Interstate 277 (Ohio)

    Interstate 277 is a connector route linking Interstate 76 and Interstate 77 in Akron, Ohio. It was completed in 1970 and shares its entire length with U.S....
  • I 480
    Interstate 480
    Interstate 480 (Ohio)

    Interstate 480 is a loop highway that connects the Ohio Turnpike with suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The highway is officially designated the Outerbelt South Freeway, but rarely referred to by that name....
  • I 490
    Interstate 490
    Interstate 490 (Ohio)

    Interstate 490 is a Interstate Highway in Cleveland, Ohio. The western terminus is a junction with Interstate 90 and Interstate 71 on Cleveland's west side....
  • I 680
    Interstate 680
    Interstate 680 (Ohio)

    Interstate 680 in the U.S. state of Ohio is the primary interstate traveling through Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Its northern terminus is with Interstate 80 and its southern terminus is with Interstate 76 ....
  • Us 6
    U.S. Route 6
    U.S. Route 6

    U.S. Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts....
  • Us 20
    U.S. Route 20
    U.S. Route 20

    U.S. Route 20 is an east-west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies, U.S. 20 is a coast-to-coast route; however, because national park roads do not have signage for U.S....
  • Us 42
    U.S. Route 42
    U.S. Route 42

    U.S. Route 42 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 355 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky. The route has several names including Pearl Road from Cleveland to Medina, Ohio in Northeast Ohio, the Cincinnati and Lebanon Pike in southwestern Ohio and Brownsboro Road in Louisville, Kentuck...
  • Us 224
    U.S. Route 224
    U.S. Route 224

    U.S. Route 224 is a spur of U.S. Route 24. It currently runs for 289 miles from New Castle, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Route 18 to Huntington, Indiana at U.S....
  • Us 322
    U.S. Route 322
    U.S. Route 322

    U.S. Route 322 is a long, east-west United States Highway, traversing Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The road is a spur route of U.S. Route 22 and one of the original highways from 1926....
  • Us 422
    U.S. Route 422
    U.S. Route 422

    U.S. Route 422 is a long spur route of U.S. Route 22 split into two segments in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The western spur begins in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and ends at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania....
  • Oh 2
    Ohio State Route 2
  • Oh 8
    Ohio State Route 8
  • Oh 10
    Ohio State Route 10
  • Oh 11
    Ohio State Route 11
  • Oh 17
    Ohio State Route 17
  • Oh 18
    Ohio State Route 18
  • Oh 43
    Ohio State Route 43
  • Oh 44
    Ohio State Route 44
  • Oh 175
    Ohio State Route 175
  • Oh 176
    Ohio State Route 176
  • Oh 711
    Ohio State Route 711


Highway notes
  • I-271 and I-480
    Interstate 480 (Ohio)

    Interstate 480 is a loop highway that connects the Ohio Turnpike with suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The highway is officially designated the Outerbelt South Freeway, but rarely referred to by that name....
     are the only two three-digit interstates in the nation to be concurrent, near Bedford Heights
    Bedford Heights, Ohio

    Bedford Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,375 at the United States Census 2000....
     in Cuyahoga County.


Public transit

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is the public transport agency for Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County, Ohio....
 operates a bus system and heavy and light rail in Cuyahoga County. Other transit agencies serve the surrounding counties and provide connections with RTA, including Laketran
Laketran

Laketran is the public transport agency servicing Lake County, Ohio, the county northeast of Cleveland, Ohio. It is the third-largest transit system in Northeast Ohio, serving Mentor, Ohio, Painesville, Ohio, Willoughby, Ohio, Wickliffe, Ohio....
 in Lake County, Metro in Summit County, SARTA in Stark County, and Lorain County Transit
Lorain County Transit

Lorain County Transit is the public transportation provider for Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio. It is a division of the Lorain County Commissioners, and its offices are in Lorain, Ohio....
 in Lorain County.

Culture


Theater

In addition to Playhouse Square Center
Playhouse Square Center

The Playhouse Square Center, in Downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, is the second-largest theater complex in the United States . Constructed in a span of nineteen months in the early 1920s, the theaters were subsequently closed down, but were revived through a grass-roots effort....
, the second largest theater district in the United States, Greater Cleveland has a vibrant theater community throughout the region.
Theaters
  • Actors' Summit (Hudson
    Hudson, Ohio

    Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,439 at the United States Census 2000, making it the 389th List of Midwestern cities by size....
    )
  • Akron Civic (Akron
    Akron, Ohio

    Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    )
  • Beck Center (Lakewood
    Lakewood, Ohio

    Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland....
    )
  • Cabaret Dada
    Cabaret Dada

    Cabaret Dada is an improvisational theatre in the Warehouse District in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Running continuously in the same location since 1995, it is currently the longest running show in America outside of New York or Chicago ....
     (Cleveland
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    )
  • Cassidy Theater (Parma Heights
    Parma Heights, Ohio

    Parma Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 21,659 at the United States Census 2000.Its current mayor is Martin K....
    )
  • Cleveland Play House
    Cleveland Play House

    The Cleveland Play House is a regional theater company and also the name of a theater complex in the Fairfax neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. As of 2005, the artistic director of the theater company is Michael Bloom, the eighth since its inception....
     (Cleveland)
  • Cleveland Public Theater
    Cleveland Public Theater

    Cleveland Public Theatre is a Theater and arts complex in Cleveland, Ohio, founded in 1984 by James Levin. It is located at 6415 Detroit Avenue on Cleveland's west side in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood....
     (Cleveland)
  • Dobama Theater
    Dobama Theater

    Dobama Theatre is a Cleveland Heights, Ohio theater founded in 1959 by Donald and Marilyn Bianchi, Barry and Janet Silverman, and Mark Silverberg....
     (Cleveland Heights
    Cleveland Heights, Ohio

    Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The city's population was 49,958 at the United States Census 2000....
    )
  • Euclid Avenue Opera House (destroyed)
  • Palace Theatre
    Palace Theatre

    Palace Theatre may refer to:...
     (Lorain
    Lorain, Ohio

    Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
    )
  • Geauga Lyric Theater (Chardon
    Chardon, Ohio

    Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,156 at the 2000 Census. The square area caught fire and burned down in the late 1800s in the devastating Chardon fire....
    )
  • Huntington Playhouse (Bay Village
    Bay Village, Ohio

    Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,087 at the United States Census 2000. Bay Village is located in Ohio's 10th congressional district....
    )
  • Karamu House
    Karamu House

    Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio is the oldest African-American theater in the United States. Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater....
     (Cleveland)
  • Near West Theatre (Cleveland)
  • Olde Towne Hall Theatre (North Ridgeville
    North Ridgeville, Ohio

    North Ridgeville is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,338 at the United States Census 2000....
    )
  • Canton Palace (Canton
    Canton, Ohio

    Canton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio and is situated on the Nimishillen Creek, approximately 24 miles south of Akron, Ohio and 60 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio....
    )
  • Playhouse Square Center
    Playhouse Square Center

    The Playhouse Square Center, in Downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, is the second-largest theater complex in the United States . Constructed in a span of nineteen months in the early 1920s, the theaters were subsequently closed down, but were revived through a grass-roots effort....
     (Cleveland)
  • Powers Auditorium
    Powers Auditorium

    Powers Auditorium, in Youngstown, Ohio is the largest auditorium in the Youngstown-Warren area. The facility is the main venue of downtown Youngstown's DeYor Performing Arts Center....
     (Youngstown) National Register of Historic Places
    National Register of Historic Places

    The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
    : The Original Warner Theater


Theatrical companies
  • Bad Epitaph Theater Company (defunct)
  • The Bang and Clatter Theatre Company
  • Beck Center for the Arts
    Beck Center for the Arts

    The Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, Ohio, is the largest theater and arts center on Cleveland's West Shore, educating and entertaining over 65,000 people per year....
  • Bodwin Theater Company
  • Carousel Dinner Theater
  • Charenton Theatre Company
  • Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
  • Cleveland Signstage Theatre
  • Cleveland Theatre Company (defunct)
  • Convergence-Continuum
  • Dobama's Night Kitchen
    Dobama's Night Kitchen

    Dobama Theater had been presenting short plays following 8 pm ?mainstage? productions for several season before artistic director Joyce Casey asked David Hansen to act as the producer of a series of late-night events geared specifically to audiences in their late-teens and twenties....
     (defunct)
  • Fairmount Center for the Arts (Mayfield Village Performing Arts Center)
  • Fourth Wall Productions
  • Knot Theater (defunct)
  • Giant Portions (defunct)
  • Great Lakes Theater Festival
    Great Lakes Theater Festival

    The Great Lakes Theater Festival is the second oldest regional theater company in Greater Cleveland, and is "Shakespeare's Great Company," specializing in large-cast classic plays including regular performances of the works of Shakespeare....
     
  • Ground Floor Theater & Improv (defunct)
  • The Group
    The Group (theater)

    The Group is a Greater Cleveland theatrical company formed in 1964. Its current home for performances is the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio....
     
  • Pieces of People (POP) Theatre (defunct)
  • Portage Lakes Players
  • The Public Squares
  • Red Hen Productions
  • SPOT Improv Comedy Troupe (defunct)
  • the Working Theatre (defunct)


Sports and recreation

Jacobs Field Panorama
Cleveland's professional sports
Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are those in which Sportsperson receive payment for their performance. While men have competed as professional athletes throughout much of modern history, only recently has it become common for Women's professional sports to have the opportunity to become professional athletes....
 teams include the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They are in the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
 (Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

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), Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They play in the AFC North division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 (National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
), and Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference Championship in 2007....
 (National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
). The Indians have two minor league
Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in North America that compete at levels below that of Major League Baseball....
 affiliates in the area, the AA Akron Aeros
Akron Aeros

The Akron Aeros are a minor league baseball team based in Akron, Ohio, USA. The team, which plays in the Eastern League , is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians....
 and the Single-A Lake County Captains
Lake County Captains

The Lake County Captains are a minor league baseball team in Eastlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The team, a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, plays in the South Atlantic League....
, who play in Eastlake
Eastlake, Ohio

Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,255 at the United States Census 2000.Eastlake is the site where Akron, Ohio's FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station shutdown at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, eventually leading to the infamous 2003 North America blackout a few hours later....
. Additionally, there is an independent baseball team, the Lake Erie Crushers
Lake Erie Crushers

The Lake Erie Crushers are a professional baseball team based in Avon, Ohio, which is part of the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. It is a member of the Frontier League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball....
, in Avon
Avon, Ohio

Avon is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,446 at the United States Census 2000....
.

Minor league hockey is represented in the area by the Lake Erie Monsters
Lake Erie Monsters

The Lake Erie Monsters are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They began play in the 2007?08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, USA....
 of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League ....
. They began play in the 2007–08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena. The team is the minor league affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 of the NHL.

The Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland Metroparks

The Cleveland Metroparks, one of several Ohio Metroparks, are a system of nature preserves in Greater Cleveland that encircle the city of Cleveland, Ohio....
 are a system of nature preserves that encircle the city, and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio in northeast Ohio....
 encompasses the Cuyahoga River
Cuyahoga River

The Cuyahoga River is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river which caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s....
 valley between Cleveland and Akron. The region is home to Mentor Headlands Beach, the longest natural beach on the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
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Famous natives


See also

  • Connecticut Western Reserve
    Connecticut Western Reserve

    The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut in the Northwest Territory in what is now Northeast Ohio....
  • List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population
  • Rust Belt
    Rust Belt

    The Rust Belt, sometimes called the Manufacturing Belt, is an area in parts of the Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic States, and portions of the Upper Midwest....


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