23 Facts About Shaker Heights

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Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

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Shaker Heights is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland, abutting the eastern edge of the city's limits.

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Shaker Heights was a planned community developed by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned the community as a suburban retreat from the industrial inner city of Cleveland.

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Shaker Heights is roughly 1,050 feet above sea level, and is located about 6 miles inland from Lake Erie.

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Shaker Heights is drained by the Doan Brook watershed, and has several small artificial lakes: Horseshoe Lake, Green Lake, Lower Shaker Lake, and Marshall Lake.

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Horseshoe Lake and Lower Shaker Lake had been dammed by the Shakers, while developers added Green Lake and Marshall Lake, the latter named after drugstore chain owner W A Marshall, at a later point.

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Shaker Heights is one of Greater Cleveland's older inner-ring or "first" suburbs, and borders Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, University Heights, Beachwood, Highland Hills, and Warrensville Heights.

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Shaker Heights is a member of the Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium.

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Educationally, Shaker Heights is above the national, state, and local averages for residents who have attained a bachelor's, master's, or above a master's degree.

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10.

Shaker Heights was established in 1909, and incorporated as a village in 1912.

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11.

Shaker Heights is home to the oldest house in Cuyahoga County, built in 1817 by Moses Warren.

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12.

Shaker Heights is known for its stringent building codes and zoning laws, which have helped to maintain the community's housing stock and identity throughout the years.

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Approximately seventy-five percent of the city of Shaker Heights is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Shaker Village Historic District.

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14.

In 1986, the city began a Fund for the Future of Shaker Heights, offering loans for down payments for residents buying homes in segregated neighborhoods, creating multi-ethnic neighborhoods.

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15.

Shaker Heights was a finalist for the All-America City Award in 1989.

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16.

Shaker Heights is entirely within the Eleventh Congressional District, a seat in the House of Representatives, represented by Shontel Brown .

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17.

At the state level, Shaker Heights is located within the 21st senatorial district, represented by Sandra Williams in the Ohio Senate, and in the 9th District of the Ohio House of Representatives, represented by Janine Boyd .

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18.

Publicly, Shaker Heights is served by the Shaker Heights City School District, a K-12 district with an enrollment of about 5,600 students in eight total schools.

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Additionally, Shaker Heights is in proximity to University Circle, which is home to Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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20.

The city of Shaker Heights directly owned and operated these Shaker Heights Rapid Transit services between 1944 and 1975.

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21.

Shaker Heights is the hometown of How I Met Your Mother protagonist Ted Mosby, Ward Cleaver from the TV series Leave it to Beaver, and the World Wrestling Federation's Beverly Brothers.

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22.

Shaker Heights is the city of license for CBS affiliate WOIO, channel 19, which has its studios and offices in Cleveland.

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23.

Shaker Heights news appears in the Cleveland daily newspaper, The Plain Dealer, as well as The Shakerite, the Shaker Heights High School student newspaper.

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