Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 29,781 at the time of the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
At a Glance
- County: Cuyahoga County
- State: Ohio
History of Garfield Heights
The area was originally part of Newburgh Township. The Village of South Newburgh was formed in 1907, changed its name to Garfield Hts Village in 1919 and it was incorporated as Garfield Heights in 1930 when the cities population hit 5000. The city is named after Garfield Park, which in turn was named in honor of President James A. Garfield, a native of nearby Orange Township.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Garfield Heights, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.