Willoughby, Ohio Willoughby, Ohio View of Willoughby City Hall View of Willoughby City Hall Location of Willoughby, Ohio Location of Willoughby, Ohio Location of Willoughby in Lake County Location of Willoughby in Lake County Willoughby is a town/city in Lake County, Ohio, United States and is a suburb of Cleveland.

Willoughby's first permanent settler was David Abbott in 1798, who directed a gristmill. Abbott and his family had close relations to the small-town tribe of Erie Indians along the banks of the river the Indians called the "Sha-ga-rin" or Clear Water.

Westel Willoughby, Jr., a enhance health official that the framers of a short-lived Medical College, which was based in the city, hoped to attract to the area.

Many historical buildings from this reconstructionsurvive to this date, affording the downtown Willoughby region some outstanding specimens of 19th century architecture.

Willoughby is the only town in America that has belonged, at one time or other, to six counties (Washington, Jefferson, Trumbull, Geauga, Cuyahoga, and Lake). Two enhance high schools are positioned in Willoughby: Willoughby South High School and Willoughby-Eastlake Technical Center, both of which are a part of the Willoughby-Eastlake School District.

Students in the ninth through twelfth grades are enrolled at Willoughby South High School, which opened its doors at its present locale in 1959.

Previously, Willoughby South High School and current rival Eastlake North High were homed in the same building called Union High, but following the division, the then-abandoned Union High became the locale of Willoughby Junior High School until 1972.

It then homed the Willoughby-Eastlake Technical Center, positioned in downtown Willoughby.

The Andrews Osborne Academy is also positioned in Willoughby.

Willoughby is served by a branch of the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.

Willoughby is positioned at 41 38 45 N 81 24 35 W (41.645915, -81.408515). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.34 square miles (26.78 km2), of which 10.25 square miles (26.55 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.6% White, 3.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.

There were 10,413 homeholds of which 23.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 45.1% were non-families.

19.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.2% were from 25 to 44; 29.1% were from 45 to 64; and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older.

There were 10,265 homeholds out of which 25.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older.

According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 6 City of Willoughby 237 The News-Herald, a Lake County newspaper, has been headquartered in Willoughby since its inception.

Willoughby Today is an online news website established in August 2010 for Willoughby.

Lake County Gazette (Gazette Newspapers Inc.) also features Willoughby news in print and online.

WINT 1330 - AM is licensed to Willoughby and serves the encircling area.

City of Willoughby website.

"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).

"The City of Willoughby - 1 Public Square Willoughby, OH 44094 440.951.2800".

The City of Willoughby.

City of Willoughby CAFR Willoughby, the First 150 Years (2nd ed.).

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