East Cleveland is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,792 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,402 in 2024. It is a suburb lying east and south of Cleveland and west of Cleveland Heights.
At a Glance
- County: Cuyahoga County
- State: Ohio
History of East Cleveland
Historically East Cleveland was partially founded by Scottish immigrants, whose names can still be found in the city such as Shaw, McIlrath, and Eddy. East Cleveland incorporated as a village in 1895 and became a city in 1911. This charter included provisions for women’s suffrage, which at the time was unheard of east of the Mississippi River. Before the charter passed, the city of Cleveland unsuccessfully attempted to annex the emerging municipality in 1910 and again in 1916.
East Cleveland is home to General Electric’s historic Nela Park, the world’s first industrial park. Nela Park, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, continues to operate today as the functional headquarters for GE Lighting and is the city’s second largest employer. Huron Hospital, a satellite hospital of the Cleveland Clinic, was the city’s largest employer. Huron Hospital was a notable health care facility, being the only Level II trauma center between Cleveland’s MetroHealth Medical Center, located on West 25th Street, and Hillcrest Hospital, located in Mayfield Heights. Huron Hospital closed in early spring of 2011.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article East Cleveland, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.