Cleveland is the largest city on the shores of Lake Erie and the largest metropolitan economy and population in Ohio. The city proper, with an estimated 2019 population of 381,009, ranks as the 53rd-largest city in the United States. Its GDP is USD 171 billion, making it the 21st largest in the U.S. and the 14th largest in Europe. The Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland Monsters are the city’s major league professional sports teams.
About Cleveland in brief
Cleveland is the largest city on the shores of Lake Erie and the largest metropolitan economy and population in Ohio. The city proper, with an estimated 2019 population of 381,009, ranks as the 53rd-largest city in the United States. Cleveland was established on July 22, 1796, by surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company when they laid out Connecticut’s Western Reserve into townships and a capital city. The first permanent European settler in Cleaveland was Lorenzo Carter, who built a cabin on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. The settlement served as an important supply post for the U.S. during the Battle ofLake Erie in the War of 1812. In 1870, John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in Cleveland. By the early 20th century, Cleveland had emerged as a center of finance and business and had become a center for the finance industry. The Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cleveland Indians, and the Cleveland Monsters are the city’s major league professional sports teams. Cleveland serves as the center of the Cleveland Metroparks nature reserve system. It is also home to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra, Playhouse Square and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was a major stop on the Underground Railroad for escaped American slaves en route to Canada during the American Civil War. It has been called a “global city” by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is considered a “Gamma-City” global city by the World City Research Network.
Its GDP is USD 171 billion, making it the 21st largest in the U.,S. and the 14th largest in Europe. Its population was 3,515,646 in 2010. It anchors the Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area, the most populous combined statistical area in Ohio, with a population of 3,527,000. It also has the largest economy in the state, with GDP of $1.2 billion. It served as a shipping hub for iron ore shipped from Minnesota, along with coal transported by rail along with iron ore transported by coal transported along with rail by rail. It became a commercial center as a result of its location on both the river and the lake shore, as well as numerous canals and railroad lines. Its waterfront location proved to be an advantage, giving it access to Great Lakes trade. It grew rapidly after the 1832 completion of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which connected it to the Atlantic Ocean via the Erie Canal and Hudson River, and later via the St. Lawrence Seaway. In 1836, Cleveland was officially incorporated as a city. That same year, it nearly erupted into open warfare with neighboring Ohio City over a bridge connecting the two communities. Ohio City remained an independent municipality until its annexation by Cleveland in 1854. It remained an important center for African-American group abolitionists during the Civil War, which had emerged in the early 1900s. It remains an important commercial center today.
You want to know more about Cleveland?
This page is based on the article Cleveland published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 03, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
