Hudson, Ohio Hudson, Ohio View of Hudson from Veteran's Way bridge View of Hudson from Veteran's Way bridge Founded by David Hudson Hudson is a town/city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.
It is a suburban improve in the Akron Metropolitan Travel Destination and the larger Cleveland Akron Canton Combined Statistical Area, the 15th biggest Combined Travel Destination in the United States.
Main, and Baldwin" streets, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Hudson Historic District.
The historic precinct was period on October 10, 1989, to also include the region "roughly bounded by Hudson St., Old Orchard Dr., Aurora St., Oviatt St., Streetsboro St., and College St.
In addition to the Hudson Historic District, there are a several additional properties in Hudson listed on the Register. From 1837 to 1994, the Village of Hudson and Hudson Township were two separate governing entities.
In 1994, voters allowed a consolidation uniting the two to problematic the City of Hudson.
The brick Clock fortress near the center of Hudson is a very familiar and also very tall historic place in Hudson.
Hudson is positioned in northeastern Summit County.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.87 square miles (67.00 km2), of which 25.60 square miles (66.30 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2) is water. Hudson's neighbors are, starting at the northern corporate boundary and proceeding clockwise: Northfield Center Township (meets at Hudson's northwest corner) Macedonia (western quarter of Hudson's northern boundary) Twinsburg Township (remainder of Hudson's northern boundary) Boston Township (southern third of Hudson's boundary) Hudson's surface water flows into five primary watersheds.
The Hudson Park Board oversees more than one thousand acres (4 km ) of parkland in the city. The most prominent property is Hudson Springs Park, which has a 50-acre lake open to kayaks, canoes and small motorized boats.
The park also has a disc golf course, docks, sand volleyball pit and permanent corn-hole boards (bring your own bean bags). Cascade Park, Barlow Farm Park, and Colony Park are large neighborhood parks used for sports and general family recreation.
The first Hudson Park, Wildlife Woods, is actually positioned west of the town/city in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Of the city's populace over the age of 25, 68.0% held a bachelor's degree or higher. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $112,740, and the median income for a family was $128,727. Males had a median income of $87,169 versus $38,226 for females.
Note: Historical Population figures before 2000 are for the former Village of Hudson only and do not include the former Hudson Township.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 33.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Ohio's State Route 303, State Route 91, and State Route 8 pass through Hudson.
Interstate 480 cuts through the extreme northeast corner of the city, and Interstate 80, the Ohio Turnpike, bisects the town/city from west to east.
Hudson, unlike many encircling communities, has retained two-lane roadways in much of its downtown.
In November 2002, Hudson was the first improve in the U.S.
Jo-Ann Stores has its corporate command posts in Hudson.
Its three distribution centers are positioned in Hudson, Ohio; Visalia, California; and Opelika, Alabama. Allstate Insurance Company established a call center/data center in Hudson in 1971.
In 1991, it period the Hudson facility and now employs more than 1,300. Most of Hudson's retail outlets are positioned in concentrated areas.
The initial center of company in Hudson, the stores and bureaus positioned "downtown" still stand today in continued commercial use.
In 1962, the first part of the Hudson Plaza shopping center opened on West Streetsboro Street.
2004 marked the opening of First & Main, a mixed-use evolution just west of North Main Street. The Hudson Library & Historical Society relocated there in 2005.
Hudson High School Public schools are encompassed in the Hudson City School District.
The biggest school in the precinct is Hudson High School.
Founded in 1962, Hudson Montessori School is the 13th earliest Montessori school in the United States.
Hudson is the initial home of what would turn into Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and remains home to the Western Reserve Academy, a coeducational boarding and day college preliminary school homed on the initial campus of Western Reserve College.
The University Hospitals Hudson Health Center, affiliated with University Hospitals of Cleveland, offers major and specialty care services, laboratory and general diagnostic radiology services.
Today, the town/city is governed by a seven-member town/city council.
There are four council delegates representing the four wards in Hudson, and three delegates at-large. Hudson has a council-manager government.
The award was based on the city's "Community First" organization that was advanced in the 1990s to combat drug use and school dropouts and to promote better choices for the city's youth by providing additional educational and cultural opportunities. There are many churches and other places of worship in Hudson.
John Brown - Abolitionist moved to Hudson in 1805.
James Ellsworth - Industrialist helped modernize Hudson in the early twentieth century.
Dante Lavelli - Pro Football Hall of Fame member, played for Hudson High School Hudson Hub-Times.
https://hudson.oh.us/departments/ISGIS/maps/Major - Watersheds_11x17.pdf City of Hudson Major Watersheds.
City of Hudson, Department of Public Works, GIS Division.
https://hudson.oh.us/elements/parks%20brochure.pdf Hudson Parks brochure.
Missing or empty |title= (help) Official town/city of Hudson, OH webpage "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Business Success Story - Hudson, OH - Official Website".
"UH Hudson Health Center".
https://hudson.oh.us/government/council/index.asp Council of the City of Hudson.
"Hudson, Ohio".
https://hudson.oh.us/profile/sistercity.asp City of Hudson: Sister City.
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Municipalities and communities of Summit County, Ohio, United States
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