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Mather Mansion
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University Hall
Cleveland

On January 16, 1810, the Ohio government established Cuyahoga County, it was formed from Geauga County and is located in the northern portion of Ohio bordering Lake Erie. Residents took the county's name from the Indian word “Cuyahoga” or “crooked river.” The state made Cuyahoga County from part of Geauga County . Cuyahoga County was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, and Moses Cleaveland brought the first white settlers to the area in 1796. He established the city of Cleveland that same year. With completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal and its location on Lake Erie, Cleveland prospered as a trade center, and the city also became a major industrial site in the late 1800s.

Approximately forty-five percent of Cuyahoga County's residents earn their livings by working in service industries, including in health care and in communications. Manufacturing and sales combine for almost fifty percent of the county's employment opportunities. Some residents work in the shipping industry, transferring coal, iron ore, and steel across the Great Lakes. A new tourism industry has blossomed in the county, especially with the construction of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland. The county also has three Major League professional sports franchises, the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Cleveland Indians, encouraging tourism.

Cleveland was the first settlement founded in the Connecticut Western Reserve by the Connecticut Land Company. It was named after General Moses Cleaveland, an investor in the company who led the survey of its land within the Western Reserve. The town was located along the eastern bank of the Cuyahoga River. Because of a spelling error on the original map, the community has always been spelled Cleveland instead of Cleaveland. The first survey of Cleveland was completed in 1796, and it included 220 lots. The company originally charged fifty dollars for lots in the settlement and found that few people were willing to pay that much to live there. As late as 1800, a company representative reported that only three men lived in Cleveland. Ten years later, there were only fifty-seven residents. Despite its small population, Cleveland became the Cuyahoga County seat in 1807.

Although the settlement was located near Lake Erie, the population did not grow significantly until after the War of 1812. By this time, the threat of Native American attacks had ended and money was invested in road improvements and a harbor for the community. Cleveland became known as a market town where farmers brought crops to sell and merchants offered goods from the East. Even so, the settlement grew slowly because of the lack of adequate roads connecting it to other parts of the state. By 1820, only 606 people lived in Cleveland.

During the 1820s, the city experienced some growth due to the arrival of new forms of transportation. The Erie Canal connected the city with the Atlantic Ocean during the 1820s. The first steamboat on Lake Erie, the Walk-In-The-Water, allowed for quicker trade between Cleveland and other localities along the lake. During the 1820s and the 1830s, construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River. In the 1850s, railroads came to Cleveland. In forty years, Cleveland's population increased from under one thousand to more than forty thousand people.

This is only a very brief example of the vast history of Cuyahoga County. We at AntiqueShopsInOhio.com highly suggest you visit: My Ohio Genealogy, Cuyahoga County, to read the full and fascinating history of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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Bay Village	Beachwood
Bedford	Bedford Heights
Bentleyville	Berea
Bratenahl	Brecksville
Broadview Heights	Brook Park
Brooklyn	Brooklyn Heights
Chagrin Falls	Cleveland
Cleveland Heights	Cuyahoga Heights
East Cleveland	Euclid
Fairview Park	Garfield Heights
Gates Mill	Glenwillow
Highland Heights	Highland Hills
Hunting Valley	Independence
Lakewood	Lindale
Lyndhurst	Maple Heights
Mayfield	Mayfield Heights
Middleburg Heights	Moreland Hills
Newburgh Heights	North Olmstead
North Randall	North Royalton
Oakwood	Olmstead Falls
Orange	Parma
Parma Heights	Pepper Pike
Richmond Heights	Rocky River
Seven Hills	Shaker Heights
Solon	South Euclid
Strongsville	University Heights
Valley View	Walton Hills
Warrensville Heights	Westlake
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