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 _____________...