Buckeye - Shaker Square
BUCKEYE / SHAKER SQUARE
Bounded on the North by Fairhill
Bounded on the South by Soika Ave.
Bounded on the West by E. 116th St. (Rice Avenue before 1906)
Bounded on the East by E. 140th St.
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The Buckeye Shaker neighborhood was originally part of Newburgh and Shaker Townships. The Buckeye Road area attracted the largest Hungarian population outside of Hungary and was known as Cleveland's Little Hungary. Hungarians first settled at E. 79th and Holton and eventually Buckeye Road was the main location for Hungarians and their businesses. Shaker Square was developed in the late 1920's by the Van Sweringen brothers. South and east of Shaker Square is the Ludlow neighborhood, which lies in both Cleveland and Shaker Heights and was part of the larger Van Sweringen development. To the northwest of Shaker Square is the Larchmere retail district and Fairwood neighborhood.
MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS:
Hungarians, Carpatho Rusyns, Latvian
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
Lakeview Cemetery
Highland Park Cemetery
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