Cleveland
Details
- Names
Cleveland
Cleaveland
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on Lake Erie at mouth of Cuyahoga River; city was laid out by surveyors from Connecticut; developed after New York State opened Erie Canal in 1825, when Ohio constructed canal to join the lake and Ohio River; industry grew after Civil War.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Library of Congress HABS/HAER (1987-); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
- Born
Peter Elloian (American, born 1936)
Howard Kottler (American, 1930-1989)
Nancy Spero (American, 1926-2009)
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