Brecksville, Ohio

Cuyahoga County

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Brecksville is a city on the southern edge of the Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located 20.8 kilometers south of Cleveland, on the edge of the associated belt suburb and close to the crossing point of Interstates 77 and 80, the city is 19.69 square miles ( 50.99 km ²) in size and had (2010) 13,656 inhabitants, of which 93, 3% White.

Geography

The city is located directly on the western banks of the Cuyahoga high. The urban area is limited by the Sprague Road in the north and the (extended ) Boston Road in the south and along the rivers in Cuyahoga East. Neighboring municipalities are Independence in the north and Broadview Heights in the west. South and east borders of Summit County.

The plateau on which the city lies, Cuyahoga falls down steeply and is drained by numerous small streams to the Cuyahoga back. They have opened up many narrow, deep gorges and very rugged the area. Therefore, the development concentrated on the western and higher part and is due to the valleys little compact. The southeastern part of the urban area is a nature reserve ( Brecksville Reservation ) and part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Otherwise, the building is divided into two parts. While loosened in northern residential areas predominate with large manicured gardens, located on the southern edge near the highway an industrial area with carriers, a storage tank and a chemical factory of Lubrizol group. A major employer is also the local hospital of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

In addition, located in Brecksville several listed buildings, which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP). These include the end of the 19th century town hall, built of Brecksville, the Brecksville Trailside Museum and built in the first half of the 19th century mansion of William Burt.

History

Brecksville goes back to the same township the former Connecticut Western Reserve, which had been acquired in 1811 by several families. Among them was a certain Colonel John Breck, was named after the family of the place. Although Colonel Breck himself never lived in Brecksville, his three sons settled here, and descendants of their families were recorded until 1934 as a resident of Brecksville. 1921 was the spin-off as a community (village ), the western edge of the township neighboring Broadview Heights was slammed. The expansion in North-South direction, however, remained unchanged and still corresponds exactly to those five miles ( 8.045 km ), resulting from the original land surveying Western Reserve.

Brecksville was due to its poor transport links well into the 20th century, sparsely populated and agricultural. It was only by the construction of Interstate 77 in the 1950s began active settlement activity, leaving the inhabitants of ( 1960) 5435 increase to (1970 ) and 9,137 (2000) 13,382. In this context, Brecksville in 1960 a town.

Personalities

• John O'Brien (1960-1994), author of the novel Leaving Las Vegas, grew up in Brecksville.
• Mark Schulte ( born 1977 ), football player for the Carolina RailHawks FC