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42s <br />City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 4 <br />� . � , Anal sis of Im ediments to Fair Housin Choice <br />The City of Cuyahoga Falls is located in the northwest portion of Summit County. Summit <br />County is located inthe northeastern portion of the State of Ohio where it is bordered by <br />Cuyahoga County to the north, Geauga County to the northeast, Portage County to the <br />east, Stark County to the south, Wayne County to the southwest and Medina County to the <br />west. The City was founded in 1812 by William Whetmore, was originally named <br />Manchester and, at the request of the Postmaster General, changed to its present name <br />after the Cuyahoga River which runs both north and south through the City. The City, the <br />second largest in Summit County, was the County seat in 1841 before being moved to <br />Akron which lies to the south. The City is comprised of 25.6 square miles with the <br />Cuyahoga Valley National Park to the northwest.' <br />The community was originally incorporated as a <br />town in 1836. In 1853, the village council, seeing <br />that the village and Cuyahoga Township occupied <br />the same territory, disbanded the community until <br />1868 when the incorporated Village of Cuyahoga <br />Falls municipal government resumed. By 1920, <br />the population exceeded 5,000 and automatically <br />became the City of Cuyahoga Falls. The City is <br />governed by a Mayor /City Council Charter form of <br />government adopted in November 1959 by the <br />voters and became effective January 1, 1960.2 <br />Cuyahoga Falls is accessible from Akron and <br />Cleveland by major interstates, including 1 -271, 1 -480, 1 -80 (Ohio Turnpike), 1-76,1-77 <br />and State Route 8.3 <br />Between 1825 and 1832, the Ohio Canal ran north and south from Lake Erie to the Ohio <br />River in Portsmouth while the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal ran east and west. Both canals <br />became the stepping stone for the industrialization of northern Ohio due to its convenient <br />access to the Great Lakes. Eventually the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal was replaced by <br />the train which ran along the same route. The strategic location.on the Cuyahoga River, <br />which was a great power source for the upcoming mills of the time, also allowed Cuyahoga <br />Falls to become an important stop on the underground railroad as well.' <br />In addition, on January 1, 1986, Cuyahoga Falls and Northampton Township became the <br />hftp: / /en.wikipedia.org <br />2 www.cityofcf.com <br />3 www.mapquest.com <br />4 hftp: / /www.grc. nasa. gov /WWW /K- 12 /fenlewis /History.html <br />