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History · Cuyahoga Heights

Cuyahoga Heights was first counted by the census in 1920, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering & Research Building. Its Register listing is the E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering & Research Building. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1920.

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1on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Cuyahoga Heights began

When was Cuyahoga Heights founded?

1920

Cuyahoga Heights first appears in the census in 1920.

First census: 739 in 19202020 census: 573106 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Cuyahoga Heights’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cuyahoga Heights are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 866 in 1970; 573 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19036 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch Cuyahoga Heights change.Old housesHalf of Cuyahoga Heights’ homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cuyahoga Heights’s history is told.

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People over time

Cuyahoga Heights, census by census

0200400600800192019401960198020002020Peak: 866

Peaked at 866 in 1970; 573 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cuyahoga Heights’ Wikipedia page.

On the map

Cuyahoga Heights on the map, 1903 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cuyahoga Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cuyahoga Heights on the 1903 USGS mapCuyahoga Heights on the 1953 USGS mapCuyahoga Heights on the 1963 USGS mapCuyahoga Heights on the 1970 USGS mapCuyahoga Heights on the 1984 USGS mapCuyahoga Heights on the 1994 USGS map1903Cleveland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cuyahoga Heights.

The story so far

Cuyahoga Heights, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cuyahoga Heights yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cuyahoga Heights is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 573 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1920. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 638 to 573 (-10%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Cuyahoga Heights, decade by decade

Today10 recent
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On the National Register

1 historic place in Cuyahoga Heights

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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2024
E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering …
E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering & Research Building
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E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering & Research BuildingBuilding · listed 2024

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cuyahoga Heights

Nobody well known was born in Cuyahoga Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Halle BerryAmerican actress · b. 1966
Hal HolbrookAmerican actor · b. 1925
Judith ButlerAmerican feminist gender studies philosopher · b. 1956
Donald Arthur GlaserAmerican physicist and neurobiologist · b. 1926
Philip JohnsonAmerican architect · b. 1906
Tracy ChapmanAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Cleveland282 historic placesA+Brooklyn HeightsIts storyCIndependence6 historic placesA−Garfield Heights1 historic placeB−Newburgh HeightsIts storyB+Valley View10 historic placesC+

Questions about Cuyahoga Heights’ history

What year was Cuyahoga Heights founded?

The Cuyahoga Heights post office opened in 1920, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Cuyahoga Heights?

One place: the E.F. Hauserman Co. Administration, Engineering & Research Building (listed 2024).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (10), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.