Garfield Heights, Ohio
Cuyahoga County
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Garfield Heights is a city ( City ) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. According to the 2000 census, the population was 30 734. In 2003, she was reported to be 29 881. Garfield Heights is one of the suburbs of Cleveland, located 10 kilometers east of Parma ( Ohio). The city belongs to the metropolitan area of Cleveland - Lorain - Elyra.
Only 3.2 km away is the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the first national park in Ohio. He can be reached by Garfield Heights directly on the Rockside Road. The northwest of Garfield Heights is drained by Mill Creek.
History
The present city was founded in 1904 as an independent municipality under the name of South Newburgh. In 1919 it was renamed in Garfield Heights, in memory of Abram Garfield, one of the early settlers in the area and the father of President James A. Garfield. The city survey was 1930.
Already in 1786 founded here by the Moravians a settlement. The first church of the area, St. John Lutheran Church, dates from the year 1852.
Education
Garfield Heights has its own school board ( Board of Education ), which supervises the schools in Garfield Heights City School District. These are the William Foster Elementary School, Elmwood Elementary School, the Cranwood Elementary School, Maple Leaf Intermediate School, the Garfield Heights High School Garfield Heights High School and the. The urban school system has approximately 350 employees.
In addition, there are several denominational private schools. Catholic private schools are the Trinity High School, formerly known as Marymount High School an all-girls school, co-educational since 1973, the St. Monica Catholic Elementary School, St. Therese School and SS Peter and Paul Elementary School. The St. John Lutheran School, School of the Lutheran Church, was closed after the school year 2005 /2006.
Health
Health and education facilities are the largest employers in the city. These include the Marymount Hospital, until 1949 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of was built by the Third Order of St. Francis in 1946. The hospital has 1,200 employees, including 200 doctors.