Hopkins is a
neighborhood on the West Side of
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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. Known as Riverside until 2014,
it borders the neighborhoods of
Kamm's Corners
Kamm's Corners is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is bounded by the streetcar suburb of Lakewood to the north, the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks and the suburbs of Rocky River and Fairview Park to t ...
and
Bellaire–Puritas to the north and northeast, the suburb of
Fairview Park Fairview Park may refer to:
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*Fairview Park, South Australia
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Hong Kong
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to the northwest, and
Brook Park to the south, east, and west. Most of the area of Hopkins is covered by
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
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 ...
. Consequently, the neighborhood has "one of Cleveland's lowest population levels as well as the lowest level of population density."
History
Hopkins became part of Cleveland in 1923, after the
annexation of the former municipality of
West Park. It is one of four sub-neighborhoods that comprise the larger historical West Park area, the others being Kamm's Corners, Bellaire–Puritas, and
Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
Names
* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)
People
* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foot ...
. The major milestone for the neighborhood was the completion of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 1925, during the tenure of
city manager
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(
mayor
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)
William R. Hopkins
William Rowland Hopkins (July 26, 1869 – February 9, 1961) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the first city manager of Cleveland, Ohio from 1924 to 1929, during the brief period that Cleveland had a council- ...
.
In 1942, the
NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field is a NASA center within the cities of Brook Park and Cleveland between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, with a subsidiary facilit ...
(then named Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory) also opened.
References
External links
Glenn Research Center , NASACleveland Hopkins International Airport
Neighborhoods in Cleveland
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