Editing Berea, Ohio

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| leader_name        = Cyril M. Kleem ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyril M Kleem from Berea, Ohio|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/31249362/cyril-kleem|website=[[Voter Records|Voterrecords.com]]|access-date=24 October 2019|date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
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'''Berea''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|r|iː|ə}} {{respell|bə|REE|ə}}<ref>{{cite web |title=E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ohio Pronunciation Guide {{!}} Ohio University |url=https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism/e-w-scripps-school-journalism-ohio-pronunciation-guide-1 |website=www.ohio.edu |publisher=[[Ohio University]] |access-date=2022-10-22 |date=2016}}</ref>) is a city in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 18,545 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. A western suburb of [[Cleveland]], it is a part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland metropolitan area]]. Berea is home to [[Baldwin Wallace University]], as well as the training facility for the [[Cleveland Browns]] and the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.

==History==
[[Image:JohnBaldwin.jpg|thumb|left|upright|John Baldwin named Berea and produced the grindstones that made the town famous.]]
Berea was established in 1836. The first European settlers were originally from [[Connecticut]]. Berea fell within Connecticut's [[Western Reserve]] and was surveyed and divided into townships and ranges by [[Gideon Granger]], who served as Postmaster General under President Thomas Jefferson. Abram Hickox, a Revolutionary War veteran, bought the first plot in what is today [[Middleburg Heights, Ohio|Middleburg Heights]] and in 1808 traveled west from Connecticut to his new purchase. Dissuaded by the swampy and heavily forested land he decided to settle in Cleveland. He became successful as Cleveland's first full-time blacksmith. His plot of land was sold to his nephew, Jared Hickox, who came to the area with his wife Sarah and family in 1809. They followed an ancient Indian highway down through the forest from Cleveland and then, at what is now the corner of Bagley and Pearl roads, began to hack their way directly west. About {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} in, they found Granger's plot markers and set up their homestead. Today, this area is a strip mall on Bagley Road, just down the road from Berea. At the time Hickox discovered Granger's plot markers, the area was a swampy lowland and, as fate would have it, the Hickox's two grown up sons died from typhoid fever shortly after the family's arrival. The family farm was in dire straits, having been so severely depleted of male laborers. Love came to the rescue, however; and the area's spirits were lifted by its first marriage, that of Jared's daughter Amy Hickox to a recent arrival, Abijah Bagley. Bagley ended up taking over the farm and managing it into a successful concern. Today, Berea's largest street bears his name.

In 1827, educator [[John Baldwin (educator)|John Baldwin]] moved to Middeburg Township where he joined forces with James Gilruth and Henry Olcott Sheldon, [[Methodist]] [[circuit preacher]]s who wanted to form an ideal Christian community. In 1836, they pledged to pool all their properties to create a Utopian "Community of United Christians." Members of the Community vowed to avoid all luxuries and temptations that would prevent them from achieving the Methodist ideal of "sanctification," or perfect love of God. In 1836, Baldwin and the others of the Utopian Community tried to think of a name for their new town. Nehemiah Brown proposed Tabor (perhaps from the biblical [[Mount Tabor]]), but Henry Sheldon suggested Berea, citing the [[Berea (Bible)|biblical Berea]] in the [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 17:10-11]]. They decided to let God decide the Community's place name by flipping a coin, and the coin came up Berea. Financial disputes led to the dissolution of the Community and the departure of James Gilruth within a year. John Baldwin and Henry Sheldon then teamed up with [[Josiah Holbrook]], the founder of the American Lyceum movement for adult and community education, to found the Berea Seminary, a central instructional facility for Lyceum teachers, and a Lyceum Village composed of community members dedicated to creation of an educated population. The Lyceum Village concept never caught on in Berea due to the 1838 Public School Act, but the idea of an ideal community centered around a school continued even after the Berea Seminary closed.<ref>Indira Gesink, "The Community of United Christians," Barefoot Millionaire, 2nd ed., 2015.</ref>

The failure of these two Utopian experiments left John Baldwin and Henry Sheldon in deep debt. However, Baldwin had since 1838 been making grindstones from sandstone in the creek bed of the Rocky River. In the 1840s, Henry Sheldon began selling them via the Erie Canal in New York State. This was the beginning of the Berea quarrying industry.<ref>Gesink, "Grindstone Salvation," Barefoot Millionaire, 2nd ed., 2015</ref>{{sfn|Webber|1925|pages=45-46}} After the [[Big Four Railroad]] was built from Cleveland to [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], Baldwin built a railroad to connect his quarries to the Big Four Depot.{{sfn|Webber|1925|page=50}}

In 1845, Baldwin convinced the North Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church to charter a new school: a new Utopian venture of sorts, because the new school, the Baldwin Institute, would provide education to all, regardless of sex, race, religious creed, or ability to pay. In 1855, it was renamed Baldwin University.<ref>Gesink, "Open to All," Barefoot Millionaire, 2nd ed., 2015</ref> By the 1880s, the quarries had begun to intrude on the site of the university.  In 1891, the school broke ground for a new campus at Front Street and Bagley Road.  New buildings were constructed and old buildings were moved.<ref>Ohio Historical Marker 61-18 (2003)</ref> In 1866, James Wallace purchased the site of the Lyceum Village from the German Children's Home to become the German Wallace College Campus.<ref>Ohio Historical Marker 23-18 (2001)</ref>  In 1913, Baldwin University and German-Wallace College merged to become [[Baldwin–Wallace College]], now Baldwin Wallace University. [[Berea High School (Ohio)|Berea High School]] was the town's first high school, founded in 1882 and closed in 2020. The current [[Berea–Midpark High School]] opened in 2020.

===Berea sandstone===
[[Image:GrindstoneBerea.jpg|thumb|[[Town sign|Welcome sign]] featuring [[Grindstone (tool)|grindstone]]]]
The geological stratum on which the city rests is the sedimentary formation [[Berea sandstone]], a geological formation named after the city which extends across Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern Kentucky.<ref>Pepper, J. F.; de Witt, Wallace, Jr.; Demarest, D. F., 1954, '' [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0259/report.pdf Geology of the Bedford shale and Berea sandstone in the Appalachian basin]'', USGS Professional Paper 259, retrieved 25 November 2015</ref>  This comprises a [[sandstone]] laid down during the early [[Mississippian (geology)|Mississippian]].<ref>deWitt, Wallace, Jr., ''[http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1294g/report.pdf Age of the Bedford Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Simbury Shale in the Appalachian and Michigan Basins, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan]'', GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1294-G (1970), retrieved 25 November 2015</ref>  In the 19th and early 20th century, this formation was extensively quarried,<ref name="Berea History" /> with the quarries eventually displacing the original main street of the town, as well as the original location of Baldwin University, which sold its five-acre campus to the quarries for $100,000 in 1888,<ref>Turner, Karl, "[http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2007/08/sandstone_made_bereas_main_str.html Quarry gobbled up Berea's Main Street]", cleveland.com, August 31, 2007, retrieved 25 November 2015</ref> moving to a new location to the north.

After beginning of quarrying of the Berea sandstone in the 1830s, Baldwin initially shipped [[Grindstone (tool)|grindstones]] to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] by ox carts, and later the quarries were connected to the railroad by a [[Branch line|spur line]]. Berea proclaims itself "The Grindstone Capital of the World".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kucinich |first1=Dennis |author-link1=Dennis Kucinich |access-date=2013-06-16 |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r112:E21SE2-0166: |title=In Honor of the City of Berea |publisher=[[Congressional Record]] |date=2012-09-21 |archive-date=2014-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701091801/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r112:E21SE2-0166: |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town's symbol is a grindstone, a tribute to the many grindstones that came out of its quarries.

The quarries also provided sandstone that was extensively used as a construction material, in the form of Berea [[dimension stone]]. Huge amounts of it came from Berea, and were used architecturally in many important buildings.<ref name="Berea History">{{cite web |url=http://www.bereahistoricalsociety.org/site/Sandstone.aspx |title=Berea Grit Sandstone 2014 |publisher=Berea Historical Society |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108165631/http://www.bereahistoricalsociety.org/site/Sandstone.aspx |url-status=dead }} from {{cite book |title=Then There Was None |year=1996 |first1=Mickey |last=Sego}}</ref><ref name="Quarries">{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandquarries.com/ |title=Cleveland Quarries: Home of the legendary Berea Sandstone |publisher=Cleveland Quarries |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref><ref name="16-18">{{cite web |url=http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=355 |title=Marker #16-18 Berea Sandstone Quarries / The "Big Quarry" |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108165444/http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=355 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kanaan">{{cite web |url=http://www.bereaohio.com/history/history.cfm |title=A History Set in Stone |first1=George D. |last1=Kanaan |access-date=November 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027120514/http://www.bereaohio.com/history/history.cfm |archive-date=October 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref group=upper-alpha>Nearby [[Amherst, Ohio]] claimed to be "The Sandstone Center of the World".</ref> The quarries closed in the late 1930s, when [[concrete]] came into wide use for construction. Several lakes in the area are former quarry pits that have been allowed to fill with water, including Baldwin, Wallace and Coe lakes.

===National Register of Historic Places===
*[[Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District]]
*[[Baldwin-Wallace College South Campus Historic District]]
*[[Berea District 7 School]]
*[[Berea Union Depot]]
*[[Buehl House]]
*[[Lyceum Village Square And German Wallace College]]
*[[John Wheeler House (Berea, Ohio)|John Wheeler House]]
*[[George W. Whitney House]]

==Geography==
Berea is located south/southwest of [[Brook Park, Ohio|Brook Park]] and west of [[Middleburg Heights, Ohio|Middleburg Heights]].

According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of {{convert|5.83|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|5.72|sqmi}} (or 98.11%) is land and {{convert|0.11|sqmi}} (or 1.89%) is water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_39.txt 
 |title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for Places – Ohio 
 |publisher=United States Census 
 |access-date=2012-10-19 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/2010/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/2010_place_list_39.txt 
 |archive-date=2016-07-02 
}}</ref>

The east branch of the [[Rocky River (Ohio)|Rocky River]] runs through Berea, providing its water supply for most of the year. The [[Cleveland Metroparks]]' Rocky River<ref>Cleveland Metroparks, [http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Main/Reservations-Partners/Rocky-River-Reservation-13.aspx Rocky River Reservation]. Retrieved November 25, 2015</ref> and Mill Stream Run reservations<ref>Cleveland Metroparks, [http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Main/Reservations-Partners/Mill-Stream-Run-Reservation-10.aspx Mill Stream Run Reservation]. Retrieved  November 25, 2015</ref> run through the city.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1628
|1880= 1682
|1890= 2533
|1900= 2510
|1910= 2609
|1920= 2959
|1930= 5697
|1940= 6025
|1950= 12051
|1960= 16592
|1970= 22396
|1980= 19636
|1990= 19051
|2000= 18970
|2010= 19093
|2020= 18545
|estyear=2023
|estimate=17922
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bereacityohio,US/POP010220|title=Berea city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 19,093 people, 7,471 households, and 4,390 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3337.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 7,958 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1391.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 7,471 households, of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.2% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.90.

The median age in the city was 37.1 years. 18.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 17.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 18,970 people, 7,173 households, and 4,468 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,475.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,449 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,364.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.48% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.90% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.61% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.59% of the population.

There were 7,173 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 65 living with them, 48.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 16.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,699, and the median income for a family was $59,194. Males had a median income of $39,769 versus $29,078 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $21,647. About 2.6% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
Since 2023, Berea has been included in [[Ohio's 7th congressional district]], represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Max Miller (politician)|Max Miller]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Ohio governor signs new congressional district map into law|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ohio-governor-signs-congressional-district-map-law-81299252|access-date=2021-11-23|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>

==Culture==
===Bach festival===
[[Baldwin-Wallace College]] is the home of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute,<ref>"Libguides: RBI Homepage: Home." Home - RBI Homepage - LibGuides at Baldwin Wallace University, https://libguides.bw.edu/rbi.</ref> a research institute devoted to [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S Bach]].{{efn-ua|The Institute houses a collection of items unique to Bach and his circle; it also holds classic vocal recordings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/library/ |title=Riemenschneider |publisher=Bach Institute Library |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012344/http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/bach/library/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

The first collegiate Bach festival in America was founded in 1932 by music educator [[Albert Riemenschneider]] and his wife Selma.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} As Riemenschneider conceived it, the festival would rotate Bach's four major works – the [[Mass in B minor]], the [[St John Passion|St. John Passion]], the [[St Matthew Passion|St. Matthew Passion]] and the [[Christmas Oratorio]] – every four years in sequence. Since the inception of the festival, Baldwin Wallace students perform Bach works with faculty, as well as with international and local professionals.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

==Education==
[[File:BereaMidpark (5).jpg|thumb|[[Berea–Midpark High School]]]]
The [[Berea City School District]] serves not just Berea but also the neighboring cities of [[Brook Park, Ohio|Brook Park]] and [[Middleburg Heights, Ohio|Middleburg Heights]]. [[Berea–Midpark High School]] is in Berea, and Berea-Midpark Middle School is in Middleburg Heights. The high school and middle school partners with Polaris Career Center for Project Lead The Way classes. There are three elementary schools: Grindstone (in Berea), Brook Park (in Brook Park), and Big Creek (in Middleburg Heights).

[[Baldwin Wallace University]], a private university, is located in Berea.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baldwin Wallace University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/baldwin-wallace-college-3014 |publisher=US News & World Report |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Jacob M. Appel]] (born 1973), novelist<ref>American Writer, June 7, 2016</ref>
* [[Albert E. Baesel]] (1890–1918), Medal of Honor recipient
* [[John Baldwin (educator)|John Baldwin]] (1799–1884), founder of Berea and of Baldwin Institute
* [[Charles Bassett]] (1931–1966), NASA astronaut
* [[Tim Beckman]] (born 1965), former head football coach at the University of Illinois
* [[Mike Buddie]] (born 1970), [[MLB]] player for [[New York Yankees]] and [[Milwaukee Brewers]]
* [[Bud Collins]] (1929-2016), sportswriter and TV commentator
* [[Lou Groza]] (1924–2000), former [[placekicker]] and [[offensive tackle]] for [[Cleveland Browns]]
* [[Norb Hecker]] (1927–2004), football player and coach
* [[Geoffrey A. Landis|Geoffrey Landis]] (born 1955), award-winning science-fiction author and NASA scientist
* [[Nancy McArthur]], children's author
* [[Neil H. McElroy]] (1904–1972), former U.S. Secretary of Defense
* [[Rob Mounsey]] (born 1952), composer, music producer and musician
* [[Jim Richter]] (born 1958),  football player
* [[Tom Schmitz]] (born 1968), keyboardist for metal band [[Mushroomhead]]
* [[Herbert Schneider (philosopher)|Herbert Schneider]] (1892-1984), philosopher
* [[Chris Scott (defensive end)|Chris Scott]], NFL player
* [[Theodore Stearns]] (1881-1935), composer, born in Berea
* [[Alex Stepanovich]] (born 1981), professional football player
* [[John-Michael Tebelak]] (1949–1985), wrote Broadway musical ''[[Godspell]]''
* [[Christina Tosi]] (b. 1981), chef and cookbook author, founder and owner of [[Milk Bar (bakery)|Milk Bar]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heileman |first=Rich |date=2014-07-18 |title=Please deposit school supplies, not trash, in local eatery's collection bin: Around The Town |url=https://www.cleveland.com/berea/2014/07/post_82.html |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=cleveland.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jim Tressel]] (born 1952), president of [[Youngstown State University]]
* [[Lee Tressel]] (1925–81), head football coach at [[Baldwin-Wallace University]]
* [[James Wallace (benefactor)|James Wallace]] (1821–85), quarry owner,  former mayor of Berea

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="180px">
Image:Lyceum Square Berea Ohio.JPG|Lyceum Square, original site of the Lyceum Village and German Wallace College
Image:Wheeler Hall Baldwin-Wallace University.JPG|Recitation Hall, now Wheeler Hall was the 1st building on the new north campus.
Image:Big Quarry Marker Picture Berea Ohio.JPG|The Big Quarry at its busiest.<ref name="16-18"/> 
Image:Big Quarry today Berea Ohio.JPG|The Big Quarry was filled in after closing and is now Coe Lake, hosting a lakefront park.</gallery>

==References==

===Notes===
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===Citations===
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===Sources===
*{{cite book |last1=Webber |first1=A.R.  |author-link=Amos R. Webber |title=Life of John Baldwin, Sr. of Berea, Ohio |location=Cincinnati(?) |publisher=Caxton Press |year=1925 |oclc=664171 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Gesink |first1=Indira Falk  |author-link=Indira Falk Gesink |title=Barefoot Millionaire: John Baldwin and the Founding Values of Baldwin Wallace University |location=Berea |publisher=Baldwin Wallace University |year=2015 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Berea, Ohio}}
* [https://www.cityofberea.org/ City of Berea official website]
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=-qiMcZ-2Z0YC&dat=18680801&b_mode=2&hl=en The Advertiser, Berea newspaper, 1868-1873]

{{Geographic Location
| Northwest = 
| North     = [[Brook Park, Ohio|Brook Park]]
| Northeast = 
| West      = [[Olmsted Falls, Ohio|Olmsted Falls]], [[Olmsted Township, Ohio|Olmsted Township]]
| Center    = Berea
| East      = [[Middleburg Heights, Ohio|Middleburg Heights]]
| Southwest = [[Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio|Columbia Township]]
| South     = [[Strongsville, Ohio|Strongsville]]
| Southeast = 
}}

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