Union - Miles Park

UNION / MILES PARK

Bounded on the North by Aetna and Kinsman

Bounded on the South by Beachwood Ave.

Bounded on the West by E. 81st St.

Bounded on the East by E. 116th St.  (called Rice Avenue before 1906)

This neighborhood was originally part of Newburg Township.

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The Union Miles neighborhood was originally a part of the village of Newburg.  One of the first settlers was James Kingsbury and Kingsbury Run is named after him.  He operated a sawmill along the stream known as Kingsbury Run today.  The Miles section of the neighborhood was named after Charles Miles.  In the area of E. 91st and E. 93rd, steel mills were developed which drew Irish, Welsh, Slovenian, Romanian and Czech immigrants to the area.  The Miles Park Historical District today (Miles and E. 93rd) was the public square of Newburg Village.

MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS:

Irish, Welsh, Slovenian, Romanian, Czech, Carpatho Rusyn.

NEARBY CEMETERIES:  For a Spreadsheet showing where records can be found for the cemeteries mentioned below, see this site:  http://usgenwebsites.org/OHCuyahoga/Cemeteries/index.html

Calvary Cemetery - 10000 Miles - 216-641-7575.  This is a Catholic cemetery and its records are kept on site.  When people realized that St. John's, St. Joseph's and St. Mary's Catholic Cemeteries would run out of burial space, property was purchased for Calvary Cemetery.  Calvary Cemetery opened in 1893. 

Lakeview Cemetery

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FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS:

LINKS:

Newburg Township Histories:  https://sites.google.com/site/clevelandanditsneighborhoods/home/cuyahoga-county-townships/newburg-township?authuser=0