Strongsville, Ohio

City
	Location in Cuyahoga County and the state of Ohio.
	Location of Ohio in the United States
	Coordinates: 41°18′46″N 81°49′55″W / 41.31278°N 81.83194°WCoordinates: 41°18′46″N 81°49′55″W / 41.31278°N 81.83194°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Cuyahoga
Township created	1818
Village created	1923
Incorporated	1961
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
Area
• Total	24.63 sq mi (63.79 km2)
• Land	24.62 sq mi (63.77 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) 0.04%
Elevation	932 ft (284 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	46,491
• Density	1,888.19/sq mi (729.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	44136, 44149
FIPS code	39-75098
GNIS feature ID	1065396
Website	www.strongsville.org

Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 46,491.^[3]

Strongsville is 15 miles from Cleveland in the southwestern corner of Cuyahoga County, bounded by Lorain County on the west, Medina County on the south, Berea and Middleburg HTS. on the north, and North Royalton on the east.

History

It was incorporated as the Village of Strongsville in 1927 and became a city in 1960, operating under the mayor-council form of government. The city was originally Strongsville Twp., organized in 1818. Occupying 25 sq. mi., it has the second-largest area of the cities in Cuyahoga County. The township was named after John Stoughton Strong, an early pioneer and land agent from Vermont.^[5]