Eastlake, Ohio Eastlake, Ohio Location of Eastlake, Ohio Location of Eastlake, Ohio Location of Eastlake in Lake County Location of Eastlake in Lake County Eastlake is a town/city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.

The town/city was titled for the fact it is northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, following along the shore of Lake Erie. Eastlake is the site where Akron-based First - Energy's Eastlake Generating Station shut down at 1:31pm EDT on August 14, 2003, dominant to the continuing 2003 North America blackout a several hours later.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.53 square miles (16.91 km2), of which 6.40 square miles (16.58 km2) is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) is water. Eastlake is about 19 miles northeast of Cleveland, Ohio, along the shore of Lake Erie, and is part of Greater Cleveland.

There were 7,841 homeholds of which 28.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.5% were non-families.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.44% White, 0.54% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other competitions, and 0.73% from two or more competitions.

There were 8,055 homeholds out of which 30.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families.

In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

Eastlake is positioned in the Willoughby-Eastlake City School District.

Eastlake North High School, home of the Rangers, is one of two high schools in the district, and is positioned on Stevens Blvd.

Eastlake Middle School and Jefferson Elementary School are positioned in the easterly part of the city, on the east side of the Chagrin River.

Longfellow Elementary School is positioned in the center of the city, along Route 91 close to North High School.

Washington Elementary School is in the northwestern part of the town/city and was closed after the 2014-2015 school year.

Bryant and Stratton College is also positioned in Eastlake, Ohio on Curtis Blvd.

Eastlake is home to Classic Park, the home field of the Lake County Captains, a Class A minor league baseball team affiliated with the Cleveland Indians.

"An Eternal Flame burns brightly and was donated to the City of Eastlake by the East Ohio Gas Company, commemorating the arrival of the Olympic Torch.

A ceremony was held in Eastlake on June 10, 1996 as the Olympic Torch made its way through the United States from Greece to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics.

The blackout caused 50 million citizens to lose power in eight US states and southeastern Canada. Although it took months to diagnose the actual cause of the blackout, it was eventually traced back to a First - Energy powerplant in Eastlake, where a high-voltage power line brushed up against an overgrowth of trees causing the line to shut down, which, due to a floundered alert system, caused a domino effect of power lines switching off. All in all, 11 citizens died and around $6 billion in damages were reported, prompting the creation of a joint energy task force between the US and Canada to minimize future blackouts.

For decades, Eastlake, Ohio has been a hotbed of UFO activity, specifically centered around Lake Erie.

Eastlake is home to a minor league baseball stadium which hosts the Cleveland Indians' Class A Affiliate, the Lake County Captains.

After skewing facts and manipulating voters to push through new tax levies to fund the project, Eastlake's then mayor Dan Diliberto realized he was in trouble once the details of the universal became enhance and the town/city was pushed to the brink of financial insolvency. After this, Diliberto vacated his office and fled to Florida, later being forced to return to Ohio where he was eventually charged with fraud and order to pay fines as well as serve jail time. United States Enumeration Bureau.

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"The Famous Eastlake Ohio 1988 Coast Guard UFO Sighting!".

Eastlake, Ohio = Home of the The Nephilim "Mound Builders" One of the Fabled Lost Nations/Tribes .The Nephilim! "Ten years and $35 million later: assessing Eastlake's Classic Park".

"Digging in with nothing: Eastlake's Dan Di - Liberto pushed ahead with plan despite messy politics (with video, document, timeline)".

"Eastlake ex-mayor gets jail time in loan scam".

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