Editing Pepper Pike, Ohio (section)

== History ==
In 1763, sixteen pioneers settled the area along the eastern border of present-day Cuyahoga County. In 1763, Orange Township was established, which included the present municipalities of Pepper Pike, [[Hunting Valley, Ohio|Hunting Valley]], [[Moreland Hills, Ohio|Moreland Hills]], [[Orange, Ohio|Orange Village]] and [[Woodmere, Ohio|Woodmere]]. Orange Township was the birthplace of [[President of the United States|President]] [[James Garfield|James A. Garfield]] in 1831. By the late 1880s, dairy farming and cheese production became the primary industry of the township.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pepperpike.org/2185/History|title=History|work=pepperpike.org|access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref> In 1924, residents of the northwestern quadrant of Orange Township voted to separate, and the village of Pepper Pike was incorporated.<ref name=dream>{{cite book|type=booklet|title=Fulfilling the Dream: A History of Pepper Pike|url=https://www.pepperpike.org/DocumentCenter/View/220/Fulfilling-the-Dream-a-History-of-Pepper-Pike-PDF|author=City of Pepper Pike|year=1999|access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref> The name "Pepper Pike" was supposedly selected after the Pepper family, who lived and worked along the primary transportation corridor (i.e., turnpike), although there are other theories about the name.<ref name=dream/> Incorporated as a city in 1970, Pepper Pike operates under the mayor-council form of government. In the late 2000s, it was chosen as one of the top seven strangest city names by the World Book of Facts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/weird-quirky-peculiar-names-towns-cities-usa-8899561.html?cat=16 |title=Yahoo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050814/http://voices.yahoo.com/weird-quirky-peculiar-names-towns-cities-usa-8899561.html?cat=16 |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }}</ref>

Homes in the city are required to have an area of one acre so that residents can enjoy bucolic surroundings.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Pepper Pike has been named a "Tree City USA" several consecutive years by the National [[Arbor Day Foundation]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The [[Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority|RTA's]] greenline was originally planned to extend from Green Road to Brainard in Pepper Pike, but financial setbacks in the 1930s prevented its completion. The arrival of [[I-271]] in the 1960s cemented the region's reliance on automobiles over the train system.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

On November 15, 2019, a natural gas pipeline in Pepper Pike [[List of pipeline accidents in the United States in 2019|exploded]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-large-fire-gas-line-explosion-ohio-n1083051 | title=Video shows large fire from gas line explosion in Ohio | website=[[NBC News]] }}</ref>