- Cleveland is a city of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
- Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- Nicknames: "The Forest City", "Sixth City", "Metropolis of the Western Reserve" and "The Rock 'n' Roll Capital of the World".
- The name of the city was given in honor of General Moses Cleaveland.
- Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.
- Population - City 396,815 - Metro 2,250,871
- The city's population has been shrinking since it peaked at 914,808 in 1950.
- Demonym: Clevelander
- Area - City 213.4 km² (82.4 sq mi)
- The first settler in Cleveland was Lorenzo Carter, who built a cabin on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.
- Cleveland is home to the first traffic light (August 5, 1914).
- Cleveland is also home to many marvelous nationally recognized museums - The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Cleveland Botanical Gardens, The Great Lakes Science Center, and The Cleveland Natural History Museum.
- Cleveland became the world's first city to be fully lighted electrically in 1879
- Eliot Ness is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
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