Tag: Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 14,001 at the 2010 census. Lyndhurst is located in northeastern Ohio, and is a suburb of Cleveland. A small part of Lyndhurst was originally part of Mayfield Township.
Lyndhurst is located at 41°31′17″N 81°29′25″W / 41.52139°N 81.49028°W / 41.52139; -81.49028 (41.521352, -81.490141). It is bordered by South Euclid (with which it shares a school district), Richmond Heights, Highland Heights, Mayfield Heights, Pepper Pike, and Beachwood.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km), all of it land.
The land currently comprising Lyndhurst was part of the Western Reserve, obtained via treaty with the Iroquois tribe in 1796 by the Connecticut Land Company. In 1797, Moses Cleaveland named the area east of the Cuyahoga River Euclid, after the Greek Mathemetician and Patron Saint of surveyors. Euclid Township was officially formed in 1809. Despite this,…
