More historic than 11% of U.S. towns · #967 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Warrensville Heights was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1903 on, and the census since 1930.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1867.The full story ↓
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What drives Warrensville Heights’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Warrensville Heights is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #967 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Warrensville Heights’ overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Warrensville Heights’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share (±1.9 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1927.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Warrensville Heights’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 18,925 in 1970; 13,789 people lived here in 2020.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warrensville Heights’ Wikipedia page.
On the map
Warrensville Heights on the map, 1903 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warrensville Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1903Cleveland 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 Warrensville Heights.
By decade
Warrensville Heights, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1890s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
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.
Warrensville Heights was incorporated as a village in 1927 out of Warrenville Township, which was named after local settler Daniel Warren. By the 1930s, it was recognized as the "Geranium Center of the U.S." for its greenhouse industry. The agricultural village experienced rapid suburbanization after World War II, and became a city in 1960. The city's racial demographics shifted from majority white in 1970 to majority Black in 1980.
In 1927, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Warrensville Heights’ post office opened in 1867, and the census of 1930 counted 877 people here.
How does Warrensville Heights rank for history?
Warrensville Heights is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #967 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Warrensville Heights?
5% of Warrensville Heights’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1961.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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