The region Northeast Ohio, in the US state of
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
, in its most expansive usage contains six
metropolitan areas (
Cleveland–Elyria,
Akron,
Canton–Massillon,
Youngstown–Warren,
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market to ...
, and
Weirton–Steubenville) along with eight
micropolitan statistical areas. Most of the region is considered either part of the
Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area and
media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also incl ...
or the
Youngstown–Warren, OH-PA Combined Statistical Area and media market. In total the region is home to 4,502,460 residents. It is also a part of the
Great Lakes megalopolis, containing over 54 million people. Northeast Ohio also includes most of the area known historically as the
Connecticut Western Reserve. In 2011, the Intelligent Community Forum ranked Northeast Ohio as a global Smart 21 Communities list. It has the highest concentration of
Hungarian Americans
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in the United States.
Composition
Different sources define the region as having various boundaries. At its largest, there are 23 counties in the region, home to over 4.5 million people, with a labor force of almost 2.2 million and an economic GDP (nominal) of $195 billion, which makes it comparable to that of
New Zealand
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or the
Republic of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. ...
.
Counties
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Ashland
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Ashtabula
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Carroll
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Columbiana
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Coshocton
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Cuyahoga
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Erie
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Geauga
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Harrison
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Holmes
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Huron
Huron may refer to:
People
* Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America
* Wyandot language, spoken by them
* Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec
* Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawato ...
*
Jefferson
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Lake
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*
Lorain
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Mahoning
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Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
*
Portage
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*
Richland
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Stark
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Summit
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Trumbull
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Tuscarawas
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Wayne
Combined Statistical Area
Most of Northeast Ohio is part of the Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area, which ranked as the 17th-largest
Combined Statistical Area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and ...
(CSA) in the United States as of the 2020 Census with a population of 3,633,962. It includes the five counties that make up
Greater Cleveland (Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Medina, and Lorain), the
Akron metropolitan area
The Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, sometimes referred to as Greater Akron, is defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget as an area consisting of two counties, Summit County, Ohio, Summit and Portage County, Ohio, P ...
(Portage and Summit counties),
Canton–Massillon metropolitan area (Stark and Carroll counties), and the
Ashtabula,
Sandusky,
Norwalk,
New Philadelphia-Dover, and
Wooster micropolitan areas.
The Cleveland–Akron–Canton
media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also incl ...
covers much of this area, including all of Northeast Ohio except for the Youngstown/Warren region. It is the 17th largest in the United States as of 2020, according to
Nielsen Media Research. Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland CSA are also part of the larger
Great Lakes Megalopolis.
Higher education
Northeast Ohio is home to a number of higher education institutions, including:
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Ashland University
Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with T ...
(
Ashland)
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Baldwin Wallace University (
Berea Berea may refer to:
Places Greece
* Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia
Lesotho
* Berea District
Romania
* Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County
* Berea, a tributary of the Val ...
)
*
Case Western Reserve University (
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the United States, U.S. U.S. state, state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along ...
)
*
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art, previously Cleveland School of Art, is a private college focused on art and design and located in Cleveland, Ohio.
History
The college was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, at firs ...
(Cleveland)
*
Cleveland Institute of Electronics (Cleveland)
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Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland)
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Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923 ...
(Cleveland)
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Cuyahoga Community College (Cleveland,
Highland Hills,
Parma
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, and
Westlake)
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DeVry University (
Seven Hills)
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Fortis College
Fortis College (also Fortis Institute and Fortis College of Nursing in some locations) is a Private for-profit college with multiple campuses throughout the United States. It was established in 2008 and is operated by Education Affiliates and own ...
(
Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls ( or ) is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 51,114. The second-largest city in Summit County, it is located directly north of Akron and is a suburb of the Akron metropol ...
)
*
Franciscan University of Steubenville (
Steubenville)
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Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (
Warrensville Heights
Warrensville Heights is a city located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an East Side suburb of Cleveland. The population was 13,789 at the 2020 U.S. Census.
Geography
Warrensville Heights is located at (41.438653, -81.523262).
Acc ...
)
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Hiram College
Hiram College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio. It was founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute by Amos Sutton Hayden and other members of the Disciples of Christ Church. The college is nonsectarian and coe ...
(
Hiram)
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John Carroll University (
University Heights)
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Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in ...
(
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
)
**
Kent State University at Ashtabula (
Ashtabula)
**
Kent State University at East Liverpool
Kent State University at East Liverpool (Kent State East Liverpool) is a satellite campus of Kent State University in East Liverpool, Ohio. Administered with Kent State University at Salem as part of Kent State University Columbiana County, Kent S ...
(
East Liverpool)
**
Kent State University at Geauga
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ash ...
(
Burton)
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Kent State University at Salem (
Salem)
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Kent State University at Stark
Kent State University at Stark (Kent State University Stark or Kent State Stark) is a satellite campus of Kent State University in Jackson Township, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
History
Although no facilities had ...
(
Jackson Township)
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Kent State University at Trumbull (
Warren)
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Kent State University at Tuscarawas (
New Philadelphia)
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Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine
Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), is the graduate podiatric medical school of Kent State University (KSU). As of 2022, it is the only fully public podiatry medical school in the U.S. The college is located in Independenc ...
(
Independence
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)
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Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is s ...
(
Gambier)
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Lake Erie College
Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college in Painesville, Ohio. Founded in 1856 as a female seminary, the college converted to a coeducational institution in 1985. As of the 2016–2017 academic year, the total enrollment was 1,177 stud ...
(
Painesville
Painesville is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Ohio, Lake County, Ohio, United States, located along the Grand River (Ohio), Grand River northeast of Cleveland. Its population was 19,563 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 cens ...
)
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Lakeland Community College
Lakeland Community College is a public community college in Lake County, Ohio. Established in 1967, Lakeland was the first college in Ohio founded by a vote of the people. Today, Lakeland serves more than 8,000 full-time and part-time students ...
(
Kirtland)
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Lorain County Community College
Lorain County Community College (LCCC) is a public community college in the city of Elyria in Lorain County, Ohio, with learning centers in Wellington, North Ridgeville, and Lorain. In addition to associate degrees and certificates, students ...
(
Elyria)
*
Malone University
Malone University is a private Christian university in Canton, Ohio. It was founded in 1892 by Walter and Emma Malone as a small, co-educational Bible institute called Cleveland Bible College. The institution has always maintained a close rela ...
(
Canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ente ...
)
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Mount Vernon Nazarene University (
Mount Vernon)
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Northeast Ohio Medical University (
Rootstown)
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Notre Dame College (
South Euclid
South Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland located on the city's east side. As of the 2010 census the population was 22,295.
Geography
Acting approximately as a central point for the ...
)
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Oberlin College (
Oberlin)
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Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus (
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market to ...
)
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Stark State College
Stark State College (Stark State) is a public community college in Stark County, Ohio. The college offers 230 majors, options, one-year certificates, and career enhancement certificates. Approximately 4,000 noncredit students are enrolled in con ...
(Jackson Township, Ohio)
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Stautzenberger College (
Brecksville
Brecksville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 13,635 at the United States 2020 Census.
History
Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several men ...
)
*
University of Akron (
Akron)
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Wayne College (
Orrville)
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Medina County University Center (
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
)
**UA Lakewood (
Lakewood)
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University of Mount Union, (
Alliance)
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Ursuline College (
Pepper Pike
Pepper Pike is a city in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,796 as of the 2020 census. It is an affluent suburb of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
History
In 1763, sixteen pioneers settled the area along the ea ...
)
*
Walsh University (
North Canton
North Canton is a city in central Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 17,842 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area.
History
In 1831, the Community of North Canton first began as the Villag ...
)
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College of Wooster (
Wooster)
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Youngstown State University (
Youngstown)
Sports and recreation
Northeast Ohio is home to a number of professional sports teams, including three from the major North American sports leagues. The
Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...
of
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...
play at
Progressive Field,
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conferenc ...
of the
National Football League
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(NFL) are based at
FirstEnergy Stadium, and the
Cleveland Cavaliers of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) play at
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is also home to two additional professional franchises, the
Cleveland Gladiators of the
Arena Football League
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and the
Cleveland Monsters of the
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the lea ...
. The Monsters are the top minor league affiliate of the
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...
of the
National Hockey League
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(NHL).
There are a number of other professional sports teams in the region that play in various minor leagues. The Guardians have three
minor league
Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in No ...
affiliates in the area: the AA
Akron RubberDucks of the
Eastern League Eastern League may refer to:
Baseball in the United States
''Most recent leagues listed first''
* Eastern League (1938–present), a minor league established in 1923 and renamed Eastern League in 1938, at the Double-A level
* Eastern League (1916� ...
who play at
Canal Park in Akron, the Single-A
Lake County Captains
The Lake County Captains are a Minor League Baseball team in Eastlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, that plays in the Midwest League as the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.
The Captains joined the Class A Midwest League following ...
of the
Midwest League
The Midwest League is a Minor League Baseball league established in 1947 and based in the Midwestern United States. A Class A league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganiza ...
who play at
Classic Park in
Eastlake, and the Single-A
Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the
New York–Penn League, who play at
Eastwood Field in
Niles. Additionally, there is an independent baseball team, the
Lake Erie Crushers of the
Frontier League, who play at
Sprenger Stadium
Mercy Health Stadium is a baseball park in Avon, Ohio, United States. It is the home of the Lake Erie Crushers, a Frontier League team that began play in 2009. The ballpark has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened on June 2, 2009, with the Crus ...
in
Avon. The region also boasts of a lower league professional soccer team in
Cleveland SC that plays at
Don Shula Stadium. The
Youngstown Phantoms are a
junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a level of competitive ice hockey generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur (with some exceptions) and operate within regions of each cou ...
team in the
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is stric ...
that has home games at
Covelli Centre.
Motorsports venues in the region include
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in
Lexington
Lexington may refer to:
Places England
* Laxton, Nottinghamshire, formerly Lexington
Canada
* Lexington, a district in Waterloo, Ontario
United States
* Lexington, Kentucky, the largest city with this name
* Lexington, Massachusetts, the oldes ...
and
Summit Motorsports Park in
Norwalk, a major
NHRA venue.
The region is home to a number of
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...
athletic programs, including four in Division I: the
Akron Zips,
Cleveland State Vikings
The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of Cleveland State University. Before as Fenn College they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in NCAA Division I. The Vikings have competed ...
,
Kent State Golden Flashes, and
Youngstown State Penguins
The Youngstown State Penguins are the athletic teams of Youngstown State University of Youngstown, Ohio. The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, and the Penguins compete in football as m ...
. Both Akron and Kent State are members of the Cleveland-based
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the t ...
, while Cleveland State and Youngstown State are members of the
Horizon League
The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region.
The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Mi ...
. Six schools compete at the NCAA Division II level: the
Lake Erie Storm
The Lake Erie Storm are the athletic teams that represent Lake Erie College, located in Painesville, Ohio, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily compet ...
,
Ursuline Arrows,
Malone Pioneers
The Malone Pioneers are athletic teams of Malone University in Canton, Ohio, United States. The Pioneers compete in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). ...
,
Ashland Eagles,
Notre Dame Falcons, and
Walsh Cavaliers. There are nine schools at the Division III level:
Mount Union Purple Raiders
The University of Mount Union is a private university in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1846, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Church until the spring of 2019. In the fall of 2020, Mount Union had an enrollment of 1,958 undergraduate ...
,
Hiram Terriers,
John Carroll Blue Streaks,
Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets,
Case Western Reserve Spartans,
Kenyon Lords,
Oberlin Yeomen,
Wooster Scots, and
Franciscan Barons. One school, the
Mount Vernon Nazarene Cougars, competes in the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its stu ...
(NAIA).
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 ...
are a system of nature preserves that encircle the city, and the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park encompasses the
Cuyahoga River valley between Cleveland and Akron. The region is home to
Mentor Headlands Beach, the longest natural beach on the
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...
.
Transportation
Highways
Interstate highways
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Interstate 71
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Interstate 271
*
Interstate 76
*
Interstate 77
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Interstate 80
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*
Interstate 480
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Interstate 90
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Interstate 490
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Interstate 277
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Interstate 680
US highways
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U.S. Route 6
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U.S. Route 20
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U.S. Route 30
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U.S. Route 42
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U.S. Route 62
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U.S. Route 224
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U.S. Route 250
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U.S. Route 322
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*
U.S. Route 422
Airports
Definition of abbreviations:
* FAA – The
location identifier assigned by the
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic ...
(FAA).
* IATA – The
airport code assigned by the
International Air Transport Association (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
* ICAO – The
location indicator assigned by the
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...
(ICAO).
* Enpl. – The number of ''enplanements'' (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in
calendar year 2009, as per FAA records.
Area codes
In the 1950s,
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile ...
assigned most of Northeast Ohio
area code 216. The western half of the region, including
Ashland and
Richland counties, and parts of
Huron
Huron may refer to:
People
* Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America
* Wyandot language, spoken by them
* Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec
* Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawato ...
,
Wayne and
Erie counties, was assigned
area code 419
Area codes 419 and 567 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The largest city served by these area codes is Toledo (and its suburbs of Holland, Maumee, No ...
. In 1996, area code 216 was reduced in size to cover the northern half of its prior area, centering on Cleveland.
Area code 330 was introduced for the southern half of Northeast Ohio, including
Summit,
Portage
Portage or portaging (Canada: ; ) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between bodies of water is also called a ...
,
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
,
Stark,
Columbiana and
Mahoning counties, and much of
Wayne,
Trumbull and
Tuscarawas counties.
In 1997, area code 216 was further split as the need for additional phone numbers grew. Area code 216 was again reduced in geographical area to cover the city of Cleveland and its
inner ring suburbs.
Area code 440 was introduced to cover the remainder of was what previously area code 216, including all of
Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
,
Lorain,
Ashtabula and
Geauga counties, and parts of Trumbull, Huron, Erie and
Cuyahoga counties. Some communities, such as
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second m ...
and
Parma Heights, were divided into multiple area codes. In 1999, Congressman
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis John Kucinich (; born October 8, 1946) is an American politician. A U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, he was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004 and 2008. He ran fo ...
introduced federal legislation to protect small and medium-sized cities from being split into two or more area codes.
In 2000, it was anticipated that the available phone numbers in area code 330 would be exhausted, and an
overlay area code was introduced.
Area code 234
Area codes 330 and 234 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a part of northeast Ohio. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities of Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Warren.
Area code 330 was established on ...
was assigned to overlap existing area code 330. With the creation of area code 234, any new phone number in the geographical area formerly covered by area code 330 could be assigned a phone number in either the 234 or 330 area codes, with no change in local or long distance toll status. This made necessary the use of
ten-digit dialing within the 330/234 area code region. After the introduction of area code 234, assignments of new telephone numbers in the area did not continue at an accelerated pace, and new phone numbers for area code 234 were not assigned until 2003.
See also
*
Ohio statistical areas
References
External links
Cleveland Plus Marketing AllianceGreater Cleveland PartnershipTeam Northeast Ohio
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Regions of Ohio
Great Lakes region (U.S.)