Westpark
WESTPARK
This neighborhood was originally part of Rockport Township.
West Park was the last large suburb to merge with the City of Cleveland. There are four distinct sub-neighborhoods located here: Warren-Munn, Riverside, Jefferson, and Puritas-Bellaire-Longmead. West Park was named for Benjamin West who was an early settler. Lorain Avenue was the major thoroughfare and was a wooden plank toll road. In 1900, the county approved the formation of the Township of West Park. West Park was referred to as the "lost city", because of the unimproved roads covered by snow and the mud in the Spring.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS:
Slovenians
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
Westpark Cemetery - 3942 Ridge Road. This is a City owned cemetery and its records are kept on site as well as at Highland Park Cemetery - phone 216-348-7210
Holy Cross Cemetery
Fir Cemetery
Alger Cemetery
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LINKS:
Rockport Township Histories: https://sites.google.com/site/clevelandanditsneighborhoods/home/cuyahoga-county-townships/rockport-township?authuser=0