North Olmsted is a city on the
western edge of
Cuyahoga County 12 mile southwest of
Cleveland. It is bounded by
Westlake on the
North,
Fairview Park and
Brook Park on the east,
Olmsted Township on the
south, and
Lorain County on the
west, and occupies 11.62
square miles.
The village of
north Olmsted was formed in 1908 from portions of Olmsted and
Dover townships.
Jas.
Greer was the first settler in the
area, arriving in 1814. He was followed by other families from
New England, who organized
the village of
Lenox in 1823. In 1829 the village was renamed after
early settler Aaron Olmstead; in
time the a was dropped from the
name. Olmsted remained a small rural farming community until the 1920s. It then began to
prosper as a truck gardening and
greenhouse center. Throughout the 1930s, North Olmsted remained a quaint, neighborly village that reminded many of its New
England origins. In 1931 the village, under the
leadership of
Mayor Chas. A.
Seltzer, organized the North Olmsted Municipal
Bus Line to
provide service that had been
lost when the interurban lines were discontinued. The concept of a municipally owned
bus line was opposed in the
courts by some
citizens and certain public utilities. The
Ohio Supreme Court ruled in
favor of the village, and it is claimed that N. Olmsted\'s bus line established a
precedent for the entire
nation. Today the bus line is operated by the
Regional Transit Authority. N. Olmsted was incorporated as a city in 1960. In the 1980s,
the city remained primarily residential, with almost no
industry. Population increased from 3,487 in 1940 to 36,486 in 1980. Recreational facilities include a
recreation center featuring 2 ice-skating rinks, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, indoor tennis, and a jogging track.
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