About Garfield Heights

Garfield Heights is a city of nearly thirty thousand people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, set on the heights southeast of Cleveland — a city it borders directly. It began as part of Newburgh Township, split off as the village of South Newburgh in 1907, took its present name in 1919, and was incorporated as a city in 1930. The name comes from Garfield Park, renamed in 1897 in memory of President James A. Garfield.

• The Nordonia Hills are a group of neighboring communities in northern Summit County, Ohio — the City of Macedonia, the Village of Northfield, and Sagamore Hills Township — served together by the Nordonia Hills City Schools.
• The name "Nordonia" is a blend of NORthfield and maceDONIA, created when the two communities joined to form a shared school district.
• Northfield Park, a harness-racing track in the Village of Northfield, first opened in 1934; today it operates as MGM Northfield Park.
• Macedonia was named for the ancient region of Macedonia; the area was settled by pioneers in the early 1800s and was later incorporated as a city.
• At the 2020 census the City of Macedonia was home to 12,491 residents.
• At the 2020 census Sagamore Hills Township had roughly 11,262 residents.
• At the 2020 census the Village of Northfield had 3,677 residents.
• Part of Cuyahoga Valley National Park — the only national park in Ohio — lies within Sagamore Hills Township.
• Nordonia High School, home of the Knights, is in Macedonia and serves students from across the Nordonia Hills communities.
• Interstate 271 and the Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80) pass through the Nordonia Hills area, along with State Routes 8 and 82.
• The Nordonia Hills sit along the eastern edge of the Cuyahoga Valley, where northern Summit County meets Cuyahoga County.
• Sagamore Hills Township takes its name from the Sagamore Hills country club and the surrounding rolling terrain along the Cuyahoga Valley.

The facts on this page are drawn from public, verifiable sources:

• Nordonia Hills City Schools
• Macedonia, Ohio — Wikipedia
• Northfield, Ohio — Wikipedia
• Sagamore Hills Township — Wikipedia
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park — National Park Service