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History · Cleveland

26% of Cleveland’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cleveland’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 Cleveland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleveland’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Cleveland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cleveland.

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Cleveland is located in the northwestern portion of the county and was formed in 1886 out of the northern portion of the town of Garden Valley.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cleveland, 1883 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Tindahl post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Tindahl post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Cleveland on the map, 1948 to 1979

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

Cleveland on the 1948 USGS mapCleveland on the 1979 USGS map1948Fairchild 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 Cleveland.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cleveland

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

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Carole LandisAmerican actress · b. 1919
Herman EkernLawyer, politician; Lieutenant Governor of Wisc… · b. 1872
Dan DevineAmerican college football coach, professional f… · b. 1924
Edward E. LyonUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1871
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Harvey SchofieldAmerican football player · b. 1877
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Tindahl, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Sunnybrook SchoolschoolSunnyside SchoolschoolTindahl SchoolschoolValley View Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Cleveland
Cleveland

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.

FairchildIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMentorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden ValleyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBridge Creek1 historic placeB−

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.