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

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: Germany, Ireland, New York, England, and New England
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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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