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: 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.

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