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History · North Randall

North Randall’s post office opened in 1910

Most of North Randall was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1910.

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How North Randall began

When was North Randall founded?

1910

The North Randall post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 62 in 19102020 census: 954116 years
Founding year: the first North Randall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about North Randall’s 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 North Randall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1920 and 1940, then grew more than tenfold.On the map since 19035 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1994. Watch North Randall change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Randall’s history is told.

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People over time

North Randall, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020652 in 1920Low: 92

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1920 and 1940, then grew more than tenfold.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

On the map

North Randall on the map, 1903 to 1994

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

North Randall on the 1903 USGS mapNorth Randall on the 1953 USGS mapNorth Randall on the 1963 USGS mapNorth Randall on the 1970 USGS mapNorth Randall 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 North Randall.

The story

How North Randall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North Randall.

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Settlement at North Randall began in earnest in the 1850s when the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad was extended to that point. North Randall was incorporated as a village in 1908.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

North Randall, 1903 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1910Post officeThe North Randall post office opens
  4. 1919Post officeThe North Randall post office closes
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 1,212
By decade

North Randall, decade by decade

Today5 recent
OH-008-043NNR2022OH-008-043NNRMap of Cuyahoga County Ohio Highlighting North Randall Village2015Map of Cuyahoga County Ohio Highlighting North Randal…MapAbandoned Hotel - Randall Park Mall2013Abandoned Hotel - Randall Park MallNorthRandall-CuyahogaCoOH2006NorthRandall-CuyahogaCoOHOHMap-doton-North Randall2004OHMap-doton-North Randall
Famous people

Famous people close to North Randall

Nobody well known was born in North Randall 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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Mary OliverAmerican poet · b. 1935
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Molly ShannonAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1964
Martha ChaseAmerican geneticist · b. 1927
Roger PenskeAmerican racecar driver · b. 1937
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

North Randall had its own post office from 1910 to 1919.

North Randall
1910–1919
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Warrensville Heights
Gone or out of use
North Randall Post Officepost officeRandall Park Racetracklocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

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Questions about North Randall’s history

What year was North Randall founded?

The North Randall post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.