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Independence

About Independence

7,136 in city
2,891,988 in metro
24 km² (9 mi²)
263.045598634 m
The "Heart of Cuyahoga County" is a Cleveland suburb in the middle of Cuyahoga County. The original Independence Township, founded in 1814, was the only township of the county’s original eighteen to include land on both sides of the Cuyahoga River. Today, a number of acres of land along the river has become part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Independence has always benefited from its location. The area’s growth began as a result of goods moving along the nearby Ohio & Erie Canal. In 1940, one of the nation’s first highway interchanges, the Willow Cloverleaf, was built at the intersection of Ohio State Routes 17 and 21. Since incorporation as a city in 1960, Independence has seen new growth around the Interstate 77 exchange at Rockside Road.

Metro Cities

Akron, Amherst, Amherst Township, Ashtabula, Avon, Avon Lake, Bainbridge, Barberton, Bay Village, Beachwood, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Berea, Bratenahl, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Brook Park, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Chagrin Falls, Chardon, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Concord Township, Copley, Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Eastlake, Elyria, Elyria Township, Euclid, Fairlawn, Fairport Harbor, Fairview Park, Garfield Heights, Garrettsville, Green, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hudson, Independence, Jefferson, Kent, Kirtland, LaGrange, Lakewood, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Macedonia, Maple Heights, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, Medina, Mentor, Middleburg Heights, Montrose-Ghent, Moreland Hills, North Olmsted, North Randall, North Royalton, Oakwood, Painesville, Painesville Township, Parma, Parma Heights, Peninsula, Pepper Pike, Portage Lakes, Ravenna, Richfield, Richfield Township, Richmond Heights, Rocky River, Seven Hills, Shaker Heights, Sharon Center, Sheffield Lake, Sheffield Township, Solon, South Amherst, South Russell, Springfield Township, Stow, Strongsville, Thompson Township, Twinsburg, University Heights, Valley View, Wadsworth, Walton Hills, Warrensville Heights, Wellington, Westlake, Wickliffe, Willoughby, Willoughby Hills, Willowick, Woodmere

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
42 All Buildings
41
existing
1
unbuilt

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Crown Centre I - 1990
2 Independence Tower - 1970
3 Crown Centre II - 2000
4 Embassy Suites Hotel Cleveland-Rockside - 2001
5 One Independence Place - 1979

Building types

No. Type
40 low-rise building
1 high-rise building
1 airport tower