Middleburg Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of downtown Cleveland. The population was 16,004 at the 2020 census.
At a Glance
- County: Cuyahoga County
- State: Ohio
History of Middleburg Heights
Middleburg Heights is part of the historic Connecticut Western Reserve, which the State of Connecticut "Reserved" for their own purposes when in 1786 Connecticut relinquished claim to some of its western lands and ceded them to the new Federal Government. The first European settlers to the area that became Middleburg Township were Jared Hickcox and his family. They were originally from Waterbury, Connecticut.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.08 square miles (20.93 km), of which 8.07 square miles (20.90 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km) is water.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Middleburg Heights, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.