Cleveland

City of Cuyahoga co., Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of Cuyahoga R. It has 7 railroads and a considerable lake commerce. It covers 32 sq. m. and is supplied with water by pumping from Lake Erie. It has large manufactures, especially of iron and steel. It was founded 1796, chartered as a village 1814, as a city 1836, and enlarged by annexing suburbs 1872-93. Pop., 1890, 261,352, since much increased.