Editing Shaker Heights, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Greater Cleveland With Shaker Heights Highlight.jpg|thumb|A [[NASA]] photo of [[Greater Cleveland]], showing the relative location of Shaker Heights.]]
Shaker Heights is located at {{coord|41|28|35|N|81|33|6|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.32|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.28|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

Shaker Heights is roughly 1,050 feet (320 m) above [[Above mean sea level|sea level]],<ref name=gnis/> and is located about 6 miles (10&nbsp;km) inland from [[Lake Erie]]. Shaker Heights is drained by the Doan Brook watershed, and has several small artificial lakes: Horseshoe Lake, Green Lake, Lower Shaker Lake, and Marshall Lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shakeronline.com/Media/PDFs/Uploader/4102004121052DoanMap.pdf|title=The Doan Brook Watershed|access-date=2008-01-20|author=Behnke Associates, Inc.|page=1|publisher=The Holden Parks Trust Distribution Committee}}</ref> Horseshoe Lake and Lower Shaker Lake had been dammed by the Shakers, while developers added Green Lake and Marshall Lake, the latter named after drugstore chain owner W. A. Marshall, at a later point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Bruce T.|title=Shaker Heights|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2006|page=69|isbn=0-7385-4050-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFreGYJZb4sC&q=shaker+heights|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>

Shaker Heights is one of [[Greater Cleveland]]'s older inner-ring or "first" suburbs, and borders [[Cleveland]], [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio|Cleveland Heights]], [[University Heights, Ohio|University Heights]], [[Beachwood, Ohio|Beachwood]], [[Highland Hills, Ohio|Highland Hills]], and [[Warrensville Heights, Ohio|Warrensville Heights]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=Cities of the First Suburbs Consortium |url=http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/smartgrowth/sgagenda/first_suburbs/firstsuburbs_map.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204154258/https://www.ecocitycleveland.org/smartgrowth/sgagenda/first_suburbs/firstsuburbs_map.html |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2008-03-19 |website=Housing Policy Research Program, [[Cleveland State University]], College of Urban Affairs}}</ref> Shaker Heights is a member of the Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium.<ref>{{cite web | title=Members | website=Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium | url=https://firstsuburbs.org/members | access-date=2024-08-16}}</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:ShakerHeightsNeighborhoods.png|thumb|A map of the neighborhoods in Shaker Heights.]]
There are nine neighborhoods in Shaker Heights, all of which were named after the nine original elementary schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaker Neighborhoods|publisher=Shaker Online|year=2008|url=http://www.shakeronline.com/relocation/buying/ShakerNeighborhoods.asp|access-date=2008-02-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111010744/http://www.shakeronline.com/relocation/buying/ShakerNeighborhoods.asp|archive-date=2008-01-11}}</ref> These neighborhoods are:

*'''Boulevard''', located in northwest Shaker Heights, is near Cleveland's [[University Circle]] neighborhood, and borders [[Shaker Square]]. The [[Nature Center at Shaker Lakes]] is located in this neighborhood.
*'''Fernway''' is located in the middle of Shaker Heights, north of Van Aken Boulevard, and south of Shaker Heights Country Club.
*'''Lomond''' is located in the south-central part of the city.
*'''Ludlow''' is the smallest neighborhood and is located in the western portion of the city. Half of the neighborhood lies in Shaker Heights, while the other half is in the Shaker Heights School district of [[Cleveland]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last=Maag|first=Christopher|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/us/17shaker.html?em&ex=1201323600&en=d36350670ee5d352&ei=5070|title=A Suburb Looks Nervously at Its Urban Neighbor|newspaper=New York Times|date=2008-01-17|access-date=2008-06-12}}</ref>
*'''Malvern''' is mostly residential and is the location of [[Hathaway Brown School]]. The [[Hanna Perkins Center]], a child development center, occupies the former Malvern school building.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directions to the Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development|year=2007|url=http://www.hannaperkins.org/directions_to_HPC.htm|access-date=2008-02-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071231074137/http://www.hannaperkins.org/directions_to_HPC.htm |archive-date = 2007-12-31}}</ref>
*'''Mercer''', located in northeast Shaker Heights, is the largest neighborhood.  The area is also home to [[Shaker Heights Middle School]] (previously Byron Junior High School), and the private schools [[University School]] and [[Laurel School]]. The Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library is located here.
*'''Moreland''' is located in southwest Shaker Heights.  The former Moreland school building now houses the [[Shaker Heights Public Library]] Main Branch.
*'''Onaway''' is home to [[Shaker Heights High School]], and the former Woodbury Junior High School Building.
*'''Sussex''' is located in southeast part of the city and is the location of the [[Tower East]] office building and post office.

[[Shaker Square]] is in the city of Cleveland, though a September 1912 agreement between Shaker Heights and Cleveland school districts places it in the Shaker Heights City School District.