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History · Hunting Valley

Hunting Valley dates to 1924, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1906 on, and the census since 1930.

1924founded
1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Hunting Valley began

When was Hunting Valley founded?

1924

Hunting Valley dates its founding to 1924 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 401 in 19302020 census: 763102 years
Founding year: Wikipedia.The full story ↓

What stands out about Hunting Valley’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19066 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1994. Watch Hunting Valley change.Old housesHalf of Hunting Valley’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hunting Valley’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewRoundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in H…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Hunting Valley on the map, 1906 to 1994

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

Hunting Valley on the 1906 USGS mapHunting Valley on the 1953 USGS mapHunting Valley on the 1963 USGS mapHunting Valley on the 1970 USGS mapHunting Valley on the 1984 USGS mapHunting Valley on the 1994 USGS map1906Chagrin Falls 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 Hunting Valley.

The story

How Hunting Valley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hunting Valley.

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Hunting Valley is one of the five municipalities, along with Moreland Hills, Orange Village, Pepper Pike and Woodmere, that originally formed Orange Township, established in 1820. Orange Township was the birthplace of President James A. Garfield in 1831.

Roundwood Manor was built in 1923 by the railway barons the Van Sweringen brothers. In 1924, Hunting Valley was incorporated as a village encompassing the northeast quadrant of the original Orange Township. Hunting Valley is also part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hunting Valley, 1906 to 1928

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1924
    FoundingHunting Valley is established
  4. 1928In the archiveRoundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in Hunting Valley, 1928
By decade

Hunting Valley, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in Hunting Valley, 19281928Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in Hunting Valley,…
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Shaker Boulevard near Chagrin River Road2017Shaker Boulevard near Chagrin River RoadMap of Geauga County Ohio Highlighting Hunting Valley Village2015Map of Geauga County Ohio Highlighting Hunting Valley…MapMap of Cuyahoga County Ohio Highlighting Hunting Valley Village2015Map of Cuyahoga County Ohio Highlighting Hunting Vall…MapHuntingValley-CuyahogaCoOH2006HuntingValley-CuyahogaCoOHOHMap-doton-Hunting Valley2004OHMap-doton-Hunting Valley
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in Hunting Valley, 1928
Retake this viewRoundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm in Hunting Valley, 1928, 1928

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hunting Valley’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hunting Valley

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2019
Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm
All 1 listings
Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill FarmBuilding · listed 2019

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

People over time

Hunting Valley, census by census

020040060080019401960198020002020Peak: 799

Between 374 and 799 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hunting Valley’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hunting Valley

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

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James A. GarfieldPresident of the United States in 1881 · b. 1831
Debra WingerAmerican actress · b. 1955
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Molly ShannonAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1964
Martha ChaseAmerican geneticist · b. 1927
Lauren DavisAmerican tennis player · b. 1993
Roger PenskeAmerican racecar driver · b. 1937
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Ingalls Airportairport
1cemetery inside Hunting Valley
Orange Hill

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Russell Township2 historic placesB+Moreland HillsIts storyB−Pepper PikeIts storyDGates Mills5 historic placesA+

Questions about Hunting Valley’s history

What year was Hunting Valley founded?

In 1924, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1930 counted 401 people here.

What is on the National Register in Hunting Valley?

One place: the Roundwood Manor at Daisy Hill Farm (listed 2019).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.