Brecksville is a city in
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County ( or ) is a large urban County (United States), county located in the Northeast Ohio, northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the Canada–United States border, U.S.- ...
, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the
Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 13,635 at the
United States 2020 Census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to off ...
.
History
Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several men—including Colonel John Breck—purchased the surrounding area. After the land was surveyed, Seth Payne, one of the surveyors, brought his family and settled in the area in June 1811, and he was soon followed by many other families. Although Colonel Breck never lived in Brecksville, his three sons did, and members of his family continued to live in Brecksville until 1934, when his great-grandson Dr. Theodore Breck died. An early historical account of Brecksville was written by William R. Coates and published by ''The American Historical Society'' in 1924.
Brecksville was incorporated as a village in 1921, and it gained the status of city in 1960.
Geography
Brecksville is defined by its wooded bluffs and ravines which are a result of the geological confluence of the
Glaciated Allegheny Plateau and the
Great Lakes Basin. Brecksville's eastern border is traversed by the
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the river became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so mu ...
and borders
Sagamore Hills Township and
Boston Township, southern border
Richfield Township (all three townships in
Summit County), western border
Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 19,936 at the 2020 census.
History
Early history
Native Americans once occupied the land that is now p ...
and northern border
Independence
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.
Parks and recreation
Many neighborhoods in Brecksville are adjacent to the
Brecksville Reservation
Brecksville Reservation is the largest urban park in the U.S. state of Ohio. Chippewa Creek flows through the reservation, which is home to a section of the Buckeye Trail
The Buckeye Trail is a hiking trail and long-distance trail that l ...
of the
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland Metroparks is an extensive system of nature preserves in Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Eighteen reservations, which largely encircle the city of Cleveland, follow along the shore of Lake Erie and the rivers and creeks that flow through the ...
and the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, one of the most visited National Parks in the country. The Brecksville Reservation consists of over 3,000 acres.
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, consistently ranked as one of the top public golf courses in the United States, is located in Brecksville.
Along with the Cleveland Metroparks and Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Brecksville has a Human Resources and Community Center.
Demographics
As of 2021, the median family income in the city was $132,336 and the per capita income for the average family of three was $172,494. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 59% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
2020 census
As of the
census
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of 2020, there were 13,635 people, 5,539 households, and 3,897 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was . The racial makeup of the city was 90.0%
White
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, 4.2%
African American
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, 4.0%
Asian
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, and 1.5% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were .3% of the population.
There were 5,539 households, of which 26.74% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.15% were
married couples
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living together. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.00.
The median age in the city was 49.3 years. 21.1% of residents were under the age of 18; and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.34% male and 49.66% female.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 13,656 people, 5,349 households, and 3,883 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was . There were 5,623 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.3%
White
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, 1.7%
African American
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, 0.1%
Native American, 3.4%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.3% from
other races, and 1.1% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 1.4% of the population.
There were 5,349 households, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were
married couples
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living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.4% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.
The median age in the city was 47.4 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.1% were from 25 to 44; 36.2% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.
Transportation
Highways
Brecksville's major thoroughfares are
State Route 21 (Brecksville Road) north and south, and
State Route 82 (Royalton Road west of SR 21, Chippewa Road east of SR 21).
Interstate 77
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and
Interstate 80
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, which carries the
Ohio Turnpike
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, all pass through the city. I-77 has two exits in Brecksville and is the main connection to Cleveland and
Akron. The Ohio Turnpike and I-80 are accessible from the I-77/SR 21 interchange with the Turnpike just south of the Brecksville city limits in neighboring
Richfield.
Mass transit systems
The city is served by the 77 bus route from the
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio, United States and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. RTA is t ...
, which runs between Brecksville and
downtown Cleveland
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. It is also on the 101 bus route from Akron's
METRO Regional Transit Authority
METRO Regional Transit Authority (METRO RTA), also known as Akron Metropolitan Regional Transit Authority, is the public transit agency serving Summit County, Ohio and the city of Akron. It operates a number of local routes, and also operates ...
, which goes to downtown Akron. A transfer point between the two lines is located in Brecksville at the intersection of Miller Road and Southpoint Boulevard.
Airports
Brecksville is 20 driving miles to
Cleveland Hopkins International
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is an international airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the primary airport serving Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, the largest and busiest airport in the state, and the 43rd busiest a ...
Airport and 30 miles to
Akron-Canton Airport.
Economy
Brecksville has branches of major regional banks, real estate firms, and national financial asset management companies. Companies such as
Berkshire Hathaway's
Lubrizol
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Corporation,
Duck Creek Energy Duck Creek Energy and Nature's Own Source are deicer and oil industry companies in Brecksville, Ohio owned by David Mansberry.
AquaSalina
Nature's Own Source produces AquaSalina, a salt deicer made from produced water (or brine) at Duck Creek's ...
, Inc., MedData, Inc., True North Energy, LLC, CrossCountry Mortgage, Applied Medical Technology, Inc., The Ahola Corporation, Clinical Technology, Inc.,
NEC
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It prov ...
Corporation,
Curtiss-Wright Corporation,
PNC Financial Services
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (stylized as PNC) is an American bank holding company and financial services corporation based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank, operates in 27 U.S. state, states and the D ...
, and
AT&T
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are either headquartered or have sizable operations in the city. The
Cleveland Clinic Data Center is located in Brecksville.
In 2018, Brecksville accepted the deed from the Federal Government for the land previously occupied by the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers an ...
Hospital. The 103-acre site is located at the intersection of
I77
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and Miller Road. The site is currently being prepared for development and has finished demolishing the VA hospital. The city has entered into contract with
Independence, Ohio
Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is a suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,133.
Independence was originally called Center and was renamed in 1830.
Geography
Independence is located at .
Ac ...
based DiGeronimo Companies to build a mixed use development called Valor Acres. When completed, the development will include the new DiGeronimo Co. headquarters, the
Sherwin Williams
Sherwin-Williams Company is an American Cleveland, Ohio–based company in the paint and coating manufacturing industry. The company primarily engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floorcoverings, and related p ...
research center, offices, apartments and condominiums, a 120-room hotel, and 150k square feet of retail and entertainment.
Education
Public schools
Brecksville is part of the Brecksville–Broadview Heights City School District along with neighboring
Broadview Heights
Broadview Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 19,936 at the 2020 census.
History
Early history
Native Americans once occupied the land that is now p ...
. The district had three elementary schools for grades K–4: Hilton Elementary, Highland Drive Elementary, and Chippewa Elementary, all located within Brecksville. All three closed in 2022 and were consolidated into one school. Beginning the Fall 2022 school year, the new Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School (Pre-K-5) opened on the Blossom Hill education and recreation complex in Brecksville. The Brecksville–Broadview Heights Middle School, for grades 6–8, and
Brecksville–Broadview Heights High School (BBHHS), for grades 9–12, are located on a campus that spans the border between Brecksville and Broadview Heights.
Approximately 4,000 students attend the district at any one time.
Academic rankings
Brecksville–Broadview Heights School District was ranked the 7th-best in the state of Ohio and the fifth best in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area in the 2019 state report cards.
PARCC tests, conducted in 2015 using the new
Common Core
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, is an educational initiative from 2010 that details what K–12 students throughout the United States should know in English language arts and mathematics at the conc ...
standards, ranked BBHHS as the 12th-best public high school in the state of Ohio. Brecksville's three elementary schools also received high rankings in the state's 2015 report card. Chippewa Elementary ranked 7th in the state, Hilton Elementary ranked 19th, and Highland Drive Elementary ranked significantly above average as well.
In 2015, ''
The Washington Post
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'' published the list of America's most challenging high schools. The analysis covered approximately 22,000 U.S. public high schools. The rankings were determined by taking the total number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year and divide by the number of seniors who graduated. BBHHS ranked in the top 4 percent of all high schools in this assessment.
BBHHS has consistently been ranked by ''
U.S. News & World Report'' magazine as being in the top 5 percent of all high schools in the United States.
Additionally, it was recognized in ''
Newsweek
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'' magazine's 2013 list of the top 2000 public high schools in the United States.
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Education recognized BBHHS as an NCLB Blue Ribbon School. Chippewa and Hilton Elementary Schools have been awarded the "School of Distinction" honor by Ohio's State Superintendent of Schools.
BBHHS was a past nominee, by the Ohio Department of Education, for the Blue Ribbon School Award.
Sport championships
In 2022, the girls' gymnastics team won its 19th consecutive state title and 22th overall. The boys' wrestling team won the 2015 state championship and placed third at the state level in 2016. The girls volleyball team was the state champion in the 2016–2017 school year.
Private schools
South Suburban Montessori School, located in Brecksville's Blossom Hill Complex, provides a
Montessori education
The Montessori method of education involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes indepen ...
to children between 18 months and 14 years of age.
Colleges
Stautzenberger College
Stautzenberger College is a private for-profit junior college in Maumee, and Brecksville, Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a popula ...
has a campus in Brecksville. Associate degrees and Board certifications are offered in:
* Veterinary Technology, Animal Welfare, Animal Grooming
* Paralegal Studies
* Diagnostic Cardiovascular Sonography, Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Cuyahoga Community College affiliate Cuyahoga Valley Career Center – School of Nursing offers full and part-time degree programs.
Healthcare
In August 2016, Cleveland's
MetroHealth System opened a $48 million, 63,200-square-foot, emergency room-medical center in Brecksville.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital (ACH) is a pediatric acute care hospital in Northeast Ohio that provides care to infants, children, adolescents, young adults, aged 0–21 and even some older adults.
History
Akron Children's Hospital began as a day nur ...
has a branch in Brecksville.
A
Cleveland Clinic Express - Urgent Care and Outpatient Center has a facility in Brecksville.
Brecksville Surgery Center, specializing in Ophthalmology surgery, is based in the city.
Recognition
Brecksville won the 2003 "America in Bloom" award and was the 2003 national winner of the "Proven Winners Landscaped Areas Award". Brecksville has won 28 Tree City Year Awards.
In 2014, Brecksville was named by ''
Family Circle'' magazine one of the top ten U.S. towns to raise families. The magazine stated that Brecksville has top-rated schools and plenty of green space, including Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Brecksville's Chippewa Garden Club was formed in 1949. The club won the "Garden Club of the Year" award from the Garden Clubs of Ohio eight times since 1971, most recently in 2018. The club also won the 2014 "Historic Preservation" Award for its historic park preservation project.
In 2019, Brecksville was named Ohio's safest area by the National Council for Home Safety and Security. The organization used recent FBI statistics.
Culture
Brecksville was cited by
Soviet
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filmmaker
Lev Kuleshov as the hometown of his protagonist, Mr. West in his 1924 comedy ''
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks''.
The Brecksville Theatre, with performances held in the Old Town Hall, was conceived on July 1, 2017, as a product of the merger of two longstanding Brecksville theatre groups:
* Brecksville Little Theatre (BLT) formed in 1941 and incorporated as a non-profit community organization in 1949 under charter by the State of Ohio. With a rich history of community theatre, BLT showcased many performances including the 1951 comedy “Here Today” directed by nearby
Shaker Heights native
Paul Newman
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.
* Brecksville Theater on the Square (BTOTS) was founded in 1975. Besides family theater, it arranged drama classes and programs for students, pre-school through adults.
The Brecksville Center for the Arts is a non-profit, multidisciplinary art center.
Official(s)
Jerry N. Hruby was elected to his ninth term as
mayor
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of Brecksville which began on January 2, 2020. Mayor Hruby also serves as the city's Safety Director. In 2011 the
Governor of Ohio
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appointed Hruby to the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission (OTIC). He currently is serving as chairman of the commission.
Notable people
Cinema, radio, television and theater
*
Ryan Dunn – American stunt performer, television personality, comedian, actor, writer, musician – buried in Brecksville, Ohio Cemetery
*
Gus Heege
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Early life
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– 19th-century playwright and actor
*
Ann Liguori
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She was the first woman to host a call-in sports show on WFAN-New York, where sh ...
– Sports radio and television broadcaster, graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
*
George Veras
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– Television producer
Authors, poets and writers
*
Eunice Gibbs Allyn – Late 19th, early 20th century American correspondent, author, and artist
*
Florence Morse Kingsley
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Early life
Florence Morse Kingsley was born in Poe, Medina County, Ohio, to artists Eleanor Ecob and Jonathan Bradley Morse. Flo ...
– Late 19th, early 20th-century writer of popular and religious fiction
*
June Kronholz
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- ''
The Wall Street Journal
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s Washington D.C. Bureau Deputy Chief. Graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School.
*
Constance Laux
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- Mystery and Romance novelist
*
John O'Brien- American author.
*
Joshua Stacher - American
political scientist and scholar of
Middle East
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politics,
authoritarianism, and
social movements
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.
Sports
*
Tom Brown –
NFL
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player for the
Pittsburgh Steelers
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*
Matt Cross – Pro wrestler
*
Steve Gillespie
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–
PASL player and graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
*
Eric Musselman –
NBA
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coach and graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
*
Scott Roth
Scott Edward Roth (born June 3, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Tasmania JackJumpers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).
Early life
Roth was born in Cleveland, Oh ...
– NBA player and graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
*
Mark Schulte –
MLS player
*
Charlie Sifford
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– Professional golfer
*
Ed Sustersic
Edward J. "Foozy" Sustersic (January 7, 1922 – January 18, 1967) was an American football fullback and linebacker who played one season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Cleveland Browns.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Suste ...
–
AFC fullback and linebacker who played for the
Cleveland Browns
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and was the athletic director for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
*
Tom Tupa
Thomas Joseph Tupa Jr. (born February 6, 1966) is a former American football punter and quarterback in the National Football League.
Personal life and high school career
As a child, Tupa participated in the NFL's Punt, Pass, and Kick contest, ...
– NFL
Super Bowl
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and
Pro Bowl
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The format has changed thro ...
quarterback/punter lives in Brecksville and graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
[
* ]Christen Westphal
Cristen Joan "Christen" Westphal (born September 2, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for San Diego Wave FC. She previously played for the Portland Thorns, Reign FC, and Boston Breakers, as well as the United ...
– NWSL
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defender for the San Diego Wave FC
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The team is the San Diego area's first women's professional soc ...
See also
* The Colson House There are several historic homes in the United States which bear the name Colson House, spanning the century from ca.1800 to 1905.
Rev. John C. Colson House, Middlesboro, Kentucky (1800)
The house of Rev. John Calvin Colson in Middlesboro, Kentuck ...
, built c. 1838 by Bolter and Harriet (Waite) Colson
References
External links
City of Brecksville
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
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1811 establishments in Ohio
Cities in Ohio
Cities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cleveland metropolitan area
Populated places established in 1811