North Olmsted, Ohio
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North Olmsted is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 34,113.
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[edit] Geography
North Olmsted is located at (41.415097, -81.914366)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.1 km² (11.6 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 34,113 people, 13,517 households, and 9,367 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,132.5/km² (2,932.9/mi²). There were 14,059 housing units at an average density of 466.7/km² (1,208.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.97% White, 1.01% African American, 0.13% Native American, 2.74% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.
There were 13,517 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $52,542, and the median income for a family was $62,422. Males had a median income of $45,908 versus $30,600 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,329. About 2.8% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] History
The entire area containing North Olmsted was originally part of Connecticut's Western Reserve.
In 1806 the vast tract of land comprising present-day North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township was purchased for $30,000 by Aaron Olmsted a wealthy sea captain. (Note: What cost $30,000 in 1806 would cost $368,638.37 in 2005.)
The first permanent settler to this area was David Johnson Stearns. In the summer of 1815 Elijah Stearns (a Revolutionary War veteran) and two of his sons; David Johnson and Alvah Stearns came from Vermont to look over land in the Olmsted area (at the time that area was known as Kingston). The father purchased a 1,000 acre (4 km²) tract of land along the Butternut Ridge Road. This he divided equally among his six sons. In the fall, Elijah and Alvah returned to Vermont, but David Johnson stayed in the cabin they had built. The next spring he married Polly Barnum of nearby Ridgeville. Mr. Stearns was for many years a leader in community affairs.
Prior to 1820, the town grew slowly. David Johnson Steam's brothers; Vespacian, Elliot, Elijah, Alvah and Asaph arrived to clear and settle their farms. Thomas Briggs and his sons, Thomas, Amos and Otis appear in 1816, having come from Guilford, Vermont. Isaac Frost and his sons, Dr. Elias Carrington Frost and Lyman Frost, moved in from Brecksville.
Isaac Frost became the town's first Treasurer. The Thompsons, Carpenters, Barnums and Ushers, were also among the earliest pioneers. All these families settled along what was designated "the Ridge" (now Lorain Road).
In 1823 the people organized into a township called Lenox. Soon after its organization, the town was split, and those settlers living east of the Rocky River joined Middleburgh Township; and those to the west were attached to Ridgeville, Lorain County. By 1827 this arrangement was found to be unsatisfactory and the town was reunited under the name Lenox. The population at that time was about 400.
1823 also marks the date of the initial settlement of Coe Ridge in southern Dover Township when Asher Miller Coe arrived with his large family. Judge Coe built himself a handsome residence at what is now Lorain and Columbia Road. The people of Coe Ridge developed a close bond with the families of "the Ridge" because Mr. Coe opened a road from his house to the Universalist Church in Olmsted. When the village of North Olmsted was formed, these people voted to join their neighbors, rather than remain an isolated corner of Dover Township.
In 1829 Charles Hyde Olmsted the son of Aaron Olmsted offered the town of Lenox a library of 500 books if they would name of the town after his father. The residents agreed and the name Olmsted was adopted. (See Ox-Cart Library).
Also in 1829 before Mr. Olmsted had offered the library, Elias Frost applied for a postal station in his home near the corner of Columbia and Kennedy Ridge Road. He discovered he could not use the name Lenox, as there was already a post office by that name in Ohio. As a result he called his post office "Frostville". This name remained in use long after the town adopted the Olmsted name.
The town patriotically answered the call to arms for the Civil War, sending over fifty volunteers to the Union Army.
Although some light industry was developed in form of the Barnum, Peck and Lawrence mills along Rocky River; John Ames' Carpentry shop; the Carpenter's cheese factory, and Rial Rice's steam-mill; agriculture long remained the most important occupation in the area, even up to the time of North Olmsted's astonishing growth between 1960 and 1970.
The village of North Olmsted was created through a vote in the fall of 1908, effective January 1, 1909. Slowly the population grew, as more people sought the refuge of country living just a short distance from Cleveland. The village became a city in 1950 when the population reached 5,000. By 1970 this figure had multiplied many times over.
North Olmsted has had several notable "firsts". In 1931, NOMBL (the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line) was founded following the failure of the Cleveland-Southwestern railway. This was the first municipally owned bus line in the United States and was in operation by the City of North Olmsted until 2005, when it merged into GCRTA (the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority). More recently, North Olmsted enacted legislation which made it the first city in the United States to ban the use of materials and goods manufactured under sweatshop conditions.
[edit] Notable natives and residents
- Officer Kenneth Delfing, the President of the DAO from 2006-2008.
- Denise Dufala, News Anchor for WOIO Cleveland, and former coanchor for WJW Cleveland.
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| West: North Ridgeville |
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