Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Founding: 1810 (declared in 1808)
Parent county: Geauga

Namesake: The Cuyahoga River
Seat: Cleveland (1810–)

Land area: 457 square miles

Population (2020): 1,264,817

Population (historic): 1,459 (1810); 48,099 (1850); 196,943 (1880); 439,120 (1900); 1,201,455 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1970

Subdivisions: 38 cities; 19 villages; two townships

National Register listings: 427

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 188,207 (30.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,396
Average outbuilding value (1930): $4,458
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,415
Average farm size (1920): 83.5 acres
Sources of settlement: England, New York, Connecticut, and Germany
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Cleveland

Namesake: Moses Cleaveland, surveyor

Founding: 1796 (platting); 1805 (post office); 1814 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 372,624

Population (historic): 606 (1820); 17,034 (1850); 160,136 (1880); 381,768 (1900); 900,429 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1930; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 113,894 (53.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Claus Tiedemann House (c. 1875). 4551 Tiedeman Road. Brooklyn. Italianate.
2. *Thomas Clague House (1879). 1371 Clague Road. Dover. Italianate.
3. *Thomas Hurst House (1838). 31156 Detroit Road. Dover.
4. *Lock Tender's House (c. 1830/1853). 7104 Canal Road. Independence. Greek Revival.
5. *Joseph Kuenzer House (1883). 2345 Rockside Road. Independence. Eastlake.
6. *John Froelich House (c. 1845). 7095 Broadview Road. Independence.
7. *Abraham Ulyatt House (1849). 6579 Canal Road. Independence. Greek Revival.
8. *Edmund Gleason House (1854). 7243 Canal Road. Independence. Greek Revival.
9. *Stephen Frazee House (1826). 7733 Canal Road. Independence. Federal.
10. *John Carpenter House (1831). 24101 Cedar Point Road. Olmsted. Federal.
11. *Ralph James House (c. 1875). 6774 York Road. Parma. Italianate.
12. *Philip Henninger House (1849). 5757 Broadview Road. Parma.
13. *Robert Henry House (c. 1855). 6607 Pearl Road. Parma. Greek Revival.
14. *John Kennedy House (c. 1875). 34200 Solon Road. Solon. Italianate.
15. *Valerius Stone House (1869). 21706 Lunn Road. Strongsville. Italianate. Razed.
16. *Franklin Strong House (1836). 19691 Pearl Road. Strongsville.
17. *Robert Walkden House (c. 1875). Richmond Road, north of Harvard Road. Warrensville. Italianate.