Editing Linndale, Ohio

{{distinguish|Lindale, Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| official_name            = Linndale, Ohio
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]]

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| leader_name              = Ashlee McLaughlin (D)<ref>{{cite web | title=2024 Elected Officials | url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/docs/default-source/boe/candidates-page/master-elected-officials-list.xls?sfvrsn=b324beb0_2 | ref={{sfnref | Anon.}} | access-date=2024-08-01}}</ref>
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| population_total         = 108
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| area_code                = [[Area code 216|216]]
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'''Linndale''' is the smallest [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], United States. It is landlocked, surrounded by the city of [[Cleveland]] and the suburb of [[Brooklyn, Ohio|Brooklyn]]. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 108.

==Geography==
Linndale is located at {{coord|41|26|39|N|81|46|3|W|type:city}} (41.444050, -81.767476).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<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=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref> The southeast border is along the municipal limits of Brooklyn; the remainder of Linndale is surrounded by Cleveland, specifically the [[Neighborhoods in Cleveland|neighborhoods]] of [[West Boulevard]], [[Jefferson, Cleveland|Jefferson]], and [[Bellaire–Puritas, Cleveland|Bellaire–Puritas]].

===Climate===
{{Expand section|small=no|date=May 2025}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 512
|1920= 490
|1930= 400
|1940= 445
|1950= 399
|1960= 381
|1970= 169
|1980= 129
|1990= 159
|2000= 117
|2010= 179
|2020= 108
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=United States Census Bureau|title=Census.gov|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|access-date=January 16, 2022|website=Census.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref> of 2020, there were 108 people, 58 households, and 33 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,350|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 60 housing units at an average density of {{convert|750|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 68.5% [[White (US Census)|White]], 11.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 13.9% from [[Other races (U.S. Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.5% of the population.

There were 58 households, of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 27.6 had a female householder with no husband present, 24.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 6.9% were non-families. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.67. The median age in the village was 39.4 years. 33.8% of residents were under the age of 18. The gender makeup of the village was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===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=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 179 people, 66 households, and 38 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2237.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 75 housing units at an average density of {{convert|937.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 65.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 27.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.7% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 4.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 17.3% of the population.

There were 66 households, of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 19.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 28.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.4% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.24.

The median age in the village was 35.1 years. 26.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 35.2% were from 25 to 44; 22.9% were from 45 to 64; and 7.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 117 people, 57 households, and 29 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,332.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 71 housing units at an average density of {{convert|808.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 68.38% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 18.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.85% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.69% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.69% of the population.

There were 57 households, out of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families. 43.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 42.7% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $21,500, and the median income for a family was $30,625. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $25,893 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $17,912. There were 21.7% of families and 15.7% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 19.2% of under eighteens and 10.0% of those over 64.

==Controversy over traffic fines==
Beginning under [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], Linndale became notorious for its gambling and illicit alcohol. Criminals would "lay low there to escape the big-city heat" of Cleveland.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&nm=Article+Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=BE93DE597B80498682B2E5C3291998A6
|title=Greetings From Linndale
|quote=Cuyahoga County's tiniest town is five blocks long and two blocks wide. It has eight streets, 37 residential addresses [and] Linndale has earned a new distinction: Cuyahoga County's second-fastest-growing community. That's surprising, considering no one's built a house since 1968 in this town of something less than 200 people...Linndale's 53 percent population spike is pretty strange, especially when you look at the results more closely... Nine residents supposedly moved into an industrial zone but can't be found. The census counts one block as part of Linndale when it's really in Cleveland. 
|date=August 2011
|publisher=[[Cleveland Magazine]]
|access-date=February 19, 2012
}}</ref> After the construction of [[Interstate 71 in Ohio|Interstate 71]], however, the village became known as a [[speed trap]],<ref name=trap/> and for many years had the busiest, on a per-capita basis, [[Ohio Mayor's Courts|Mayor's Court]] in the State of Ohio.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/07/22/big-business.html
|title=Ohio's mayor's courts, big business
|quote=(Linndale's) mayor's court handled about 4,200 citations in 2011, more than 90 percent of which were traffic tickets. 
|newspaper=[[Columbus Dispatch]]
|author=Conley, Justin
|author2=McKinsey, Rebecca
|date=July 22, 2012
|access-date=August 23, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/linndale_mayors_court_leads_in.html
|title=Linndale Mayor's Court leads in per capita traffic cases
|quote=In the Ohio Supreme Court's recently released 2007 report on Ohio's 355 mayor's courts, Linndale tops the per-capita list with 4,062 cases per 100 people.  With only 117 residents &ndash; and police who are quick draws with the pen &ndash; it wasn't even close. No. 2 in per-capita cases was Hanging Rock, on the Ohio River in south central Ohio, with 531 per 100 residents. 
|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]
|author=Michael K. McIntyre 
|date=July 23, 2008
|access-date=February 19, 2012
}}</ref>  The village in the past has successfully defended its legal right to enforce the 60&nbsp;mph speed limit on the {{convert|422|yd|m}} of I-71 within its jurisdiction under the [[Home Rule in the United States|"Home Rule"]] provisions of the state constitution.<ref name=trap>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2011/06/linndale_speed_trap_survives_y.html
|title=Linndale speed trap survives yet another legislator's attempt to flatten its tires
|quote=Two things we ought to know by now about the tiny village of Linndale: Drivers can't speed through its 422 yards of Interstate 71 without getting a ticket, and state legislators, no matter how hard they try, can't put the brakes on Linndale's prolific traffic cops. 
|newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]]
|date=June 20, 2011
|access-date=February 19, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/0/1999/1999-ohio-434.pdf
|title=Linndale v. State (1999)
|quote=The Ohio General Assembly enacted R.C. 4549.17 in 1994. The statute prohibits local law enforcement officers from issuing speeding and excess weight citations on interstate freeways when [certain conditions exist; however the Court finds that] R.C. 4549.17 is not a general law, it unconstitutionally impinges on the home-rule powers of the affected municipalities.
|author=[[Supreme Court of Ohio]]
|publisher=[[Supreme Court of Ohio]]
|date=March 24, 1999
|access-date=February 19, 2012
}}</ref> The combination of traffic enforcement and Mayor's Court has provided 80% of Linndale's one million dollar annual budget, and underwritten its four full-time and ten part-time police officers.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&nm=Article+Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=BE93DE597B80498682B2E5C3291998A6
|title=Greetings From Linndale
|quote=Linndale has four full-time police officers and 10 part-time cops. Their work on I-71 and Memphis Avenue generates the tickets and fines that keep the town going...About $800,000 a year in fines flow through Linndale's court, swelling the village budget to $1 million.
|date=August 2011
|publisher=[[Cleveland Magazine]]
|access-date=February 19, 2012
}}</ref>

On December 20, 2012, Governor [[John Kasich]] signed a bill<ref>[http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_606 Sub. House Bill 606], 129th [[Ohio General Assembly|General Assembly]]</ref> into law effective March 22, 2013, that dissolved Linndale's Mayor's Court.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kasich Signs 42 Bills into Law (press release) |url=http://governor.ohio.gov/Portals/0/12.20.12%20Kasich%20signs%2042%20bills%20into%20law.pdf |date=December 20, 2012 |author=[[Ohio|State of Ohio]], [[List of Governors of Ohio|Office of the Governor]] |access-date=January 10, 2013 }}</ref> A sergeant in the Linndale police department stated that traffic cases would subsequently be handled by nearby [[Parma, Ohio|Parma]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Beres |title=Linndale: Mayor's Court Dead but Speed Trap Is Not |url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/290609/45/Linndale-Mayors-Court-dead-but-speed-trap-is-not |publisher=[[WKYC|WKYC-TV]] |date=March 21, 2013 |access-date=March 22, 2013 }}</ref>

In response to decreasing revenue, Linndale has installed speed cameras on its most heavily traveled non-interstate road Memphis Avenue<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2013/08/linndales_highway_speed_trap_i.html|title = Linndale turns to traffic cameras to make up for lost revenue from its highway speed trap: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff|date = August 9, 2013}}</ref> and is processing some traffic violations locally instead of relying on Parma Municipal Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/09/linndale_village_charter.html|title=Linndale voters approve village charter, paving the way for traffic cameras and waiver bureau|date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> Another attempt to increase revenue with a proposed increase in the village income tax from 2% to 2.5% failed in an 8-12 referendum vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2013/11/linndale_income_tax_hike_draws.html|title = Linndale income tax hike draws just 12 no votes, which is enough to sink it. Can the village survive without the income?: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff|date = November 9, 2013}}</ref>

In October 2017, Linndale was featured on the internationally syndicated NPR show ''[[This American Life]]'' in episode 629 entitled Expect Delays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/629/expect-delays|title = Expect Delays|date = October 20, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Macks Creek, Missouri]], whose dependence on traffic-fine revenue also led to a state anti-speedtrap law.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Lindale electoral map |url=http://www.boe.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_boe/en-US/maps/Linndale.pdf |publisher=Cuyahoga County Board of Elections |access-date=June 17, 2011 |date=April 7, 2004}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y34TRmaNCwo Video of I-71 through Linndale (2:25-2:27)]
{{Geographic Location
| Center    = Linndale
| Northwest = [[Jefferson, Cleveland|Jefferson]], [[Cleveland]]
| North     = 
| Northeast = [[West Boulevard, Cleveland|West Boulevard]], [[Cleveland]]
| West      = [[Puritas-Longmead, Cleveland|Puritas-Longmead]], [[Cleveland]]
| East      = 
| Southwest = 
| South     = 
| Southeast = [[Brooklyn, Ohio|Brooklyn]]
}}
{{Cuyahoga County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Villages in Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]