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Area: 4.5 square miles in Cuyahoga County
Population: 3300
Location: 15 miles southeast of Cleveland
Education:
Orange City Schools
Community Link:
Orange Village
General Characteristics: Orange
Community offers many home and living styles for
their residents. There are parks and community
programs offered as well.
Information: Mayor’s Office, 4600 Lander
Road, Orange Village
OH 44022 440-498-4400
Orange Village History:
Originally part Of Orange Twp., formed in 1820,
which also included the modem communities of
Moreland Hills, Woodmere, Pepper Pike, Hunting
Valley, and part of Chagrin Falls. Serenus Bumett
was the first settler in the township, arriving in
1815.
The name Orange was chosen because several of the
early settlers had migrated from Orange, CT. The
area grew into a thriving agricultural community,
and by 1820 the population was nearly 300. Before
1850, log houses were replaced by framed homes, and
steam sawmills and cheese factories were early
industries that developed into major businesses by
the turn of the century. The main road was SOM
Center Rd., which derived its name from Solon,
Orange, and Mayfield as it ran through the centers
of those townships.
The Van Sweringen brothers played an instrumental
role in the division of Orange Twp. into separate
governmental bodies in the 1920s. They began buying
farmland
as part of their comprehensive plan to develop the
entire district from Shaker Heights
to the Chagrin River. As population increased, the
apparent need for separate governmental
representation led to the creation of the various
communities.
The village of Orange was incorporated in 1929.
Although the original Orange Twp. now consists of
five separate villages, local district schools were
consolidated into the Orange School System. The
Orange Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library
System serves Solon, Pepper Pike, and their
neighbors. The village of Orange had a population of
2,376 in 1980 and operates under the mayor-council
form of government. |
