Editing Pepper Pike, Ohio

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|motto                    = "A Great Place to Live and Work"

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|leader_name              = Richard Bain ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Exner|first1=Rich|title=Democrats outnumber Republicans as mayors in Cuyahoga County, 39-14|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2013/11/democrats_outnumber_republican.html|website=[[The Plain Dealer|Cleveland.com]]|access-date=31 January 2016|date=16 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206002525/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2013/11/democrats_outnumber_republican.html|archive-date=2016-02-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|population_total         = 6796
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'''Pepper Pike''' is a city in eastern [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 6,796 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. A suburb of [[Cleveland]], it is a part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland metropolitan area]].

== 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>

==Geography==
Pepper Pike is located at {{coord|41|28|37|N|81|28|8|W|type:city}} (41.476836, -81.468975) in the eastern section of Cuyahoga County.<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|7.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|7.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-20 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 219
|1940= 423
|1950= 874
|1960= 3217
|1970= 5382
|1980= 6177
|1990= 6185
|2000= 6040
|2010= 5979
|2020= 6796
|estyear=2021
|estimate=6830
|estref=
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1870>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdff|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Ninth Census|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232513/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|archive-date=2014-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110032100/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|archive-date=2013-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609134342/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091241/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|archive-date=2014-01-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pepperpikecityohio,US/PST045221|title=Pepper Pike city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
}}
The median income for a household in the city was $190,682,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/pepperpikecityohio |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Pepper Pike city, Ohio |publisher=Census.gov |date= |accessdate=2022-07-20}}</ref> and the median income for a family was $166,765, [[per capita income]] for the city was $89,235. In 2020, Bloomberg named Pepper Pike the 43rd richest town in America.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-20/in-america-s-richest-town-500k-a-year-is-now-below-average | title=In America's Richest Town, $500k a Year is Now Below Average | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=20 February 2020 }}</ref>  About 5.2% of the total population were below the [[poverty line]]. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 78.1% held a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3961686.html |title=Pepper Pike (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=2012-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310185355/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3961686.html |archive-date=2013-03-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213253/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-12|title=American FactFinder - Results|author=Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS)|work=census.gov|access-date=2012-11-07}}</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 5,979 people, 2,176 households, and 1,753 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|846.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,349 housing units at an average density of {{convert|332.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 2,176 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 19.4% were non-families. 16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the city was 49.2 years. 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.1% were from 25 to 44; 32.5% were from 45 to 64; and 23.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.5% male and 53.5% female.

===2000 census===
In 2000, there were 1,000 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.7% were non-families. 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.

Pepper Pike's Israeli community had the twenty fifth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.4% (tied with [[Plainview, NY]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Israeli.html|title=Israeli Ancestry Search - Israeli Genealogy by City - ePodunk.com|work=epodunk.com|access-date=2014-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107090628/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Israeli.html|archive-date=2007-11-07|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Education==
Pepper Pike is served by the [[Orange City School District]], which also includes neighboring [[Hunting Valley, Ohio|Hunting Valley]], [[Moreland Hills, Ohio|Moreland Hills]], [[Orange, Ohio|Orange]], and [[Woodmere, Ohio|Woodmere]]. The campus of [[Orange High School (Ohio)|Orange High School]] is located in Pepper Pike, along with the Orange Branch of the [[Cuyahoga County Public Library]].

[[Ursuline College]], a liberal-arts school founded in 1871, is located in Pepper Pike. The oldest Catholic women's college in Ohio, it has an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students as of 2018, and offers 30 undergraduate, nine graduate, and 10 degree-completion programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ursuline at a Glance |url=http://www.ursuline.edu/about/ |year=2018 |publisher=[[Ursuline College]] |access-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623085105/http://www.ursuline.edu/about/ |archive-date=2018-06-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Japanese Language School of Cleveland (JLSC; クリーブランド日本語補習校 ''Kurīburando Nihongo Hoshūkō''), a [[Hoshuko|part-time Japanese school]], previously held its classes at the Lillian and Betty Ratner School in Pepper Pike.<ref name=NAList>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155208/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/002/006/001/002/002.htm 北米の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）]." () [[MEXT]]. Retrieved on May 5, 2014. "The Lillian and Betty Ratner School 27575 Shaker Boulevard, Pepper Pike, OH 44124 U.S.A"</ref><ref>"[http://www.jlscweb.com/ Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181636/http://www.jlscweb.com/ |date=2015-04-02 }}." Japanese Language School of Cleveland. Retrieved on April 1, 2015. [http://www.jlscweb.com/ URL of school]</ref>

== Cemeteries ==
* Orange Cemetery, Lander Circle & Chagrin Blvd.

==Notable people==
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* [[Matt Dery]], radio personality
* [[Vincent Marotta]], entrepreneur, co-creator of [[Mr. Coffee]]<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Vincent Marotta Sr., a Creator of Mr. Coffee, Dies at 91|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/business/vincent-marotta-sr-a-creator-of-mr-coffee-dies-at-91.html|access-date=6 August 2015|work=New York Times|date=3 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806120104/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/business/vincent-marotta-sr-a-creator-of-mr-coffee-dies-at-91.html|archive-date=2015-08-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mark Rosewater]], head designer of [[Magic the Gathering]]
* [[JD Samson]], musician, producer, songwriter and DJ best known as a member of the bands [[Le Tigre]] and [[MEN (band)|MEN]]
* [[Tara Seibel]], artist and graphic novelist, best known for being the last cartoonist to work with [[Harvey Pekar]], creator of ''[[American Splendor]]''
* [[George Stephanopoulos]], political advisor and television news journalist on [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], co-host of ''[[Good Morning America]]'', and anchor of ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week]]''
* [[Seth Taft]], grandson of President [[William Howard Taft]]

==Surrounding communities==

{{Geographic Location
| Northwest = [[Lyndhurst, Ohio|Lyndhurst]]
| North     = [[Mayfield Heights, Ohio|Mayfield Heights]]
| Northeast = [[Gates Mills, Ohio|Gates Mills]]
| West      = [[Beachwood, Ohio|Beachwood]]
| Center    = Pepper Pike
| East      = [[Hunting Valley, Ohio|Hunting Valley]]
| Southwest = [[Orange, Ohio|Orange]]
| South     = [[Woodmere, Ohio|Woodmere]]
| Southeast = [[Moreland Hills, Ohio|Moreland Hills]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pepperpike.org/ City of Pepper Pike]

{{Cuyahoga County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Cities in Ohio]]
[[Category:Cities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1924]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1820]]
[[Category:Cleveland metropolitan area]]