Industrial Valley - Duck Island
INDUSTRIAL VALLEY - DUCK ISLAND
Bounded on the North by Canal Rd.
Bounded on the South by Independence Blvd.
Bounded on the West by the Cuyahoga River
Bounded on the East by Broadway Ave.
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The Industrial Valley area is home to part of Kingsbury Run. Kingsbury Run is a natural watershed that carries creeks and storm water from Warrensville Heights and Maple Heights to the Cuyahoga River. The area was named after James Kingsbury who was one of the earliest settlers in the Western Reserve. In 1797 he was the first inhabitant of Newburgh. Kingsbury Run is the ravine separating Cleveland from Newburgh. It became a route for numerous railroads and also became the site of John D. Rockefeller's oil refinery and Doan's oil and naphtha works. Kingsbury Run became famous because of the Cleveland Torso Murders. This area grew because of shipping on the Great Lakes, coal brought by rail from Pennsylvania, and the growing iron industry. American Steel and Wire was located here. Republic Steel formed in the 1930's and in 1984 was acquired by LTV Steel. John Rockefeller established the Standard Oil Company here and the Grasseli Company incorporated in 1866. Located there today are are trucking companies, the U.S. Post Office Main Branch and the Cuyahoga County Pre-Release Center.
Duck Island is a residential neighborhood near the corner of W. 25th and the Hope Memorial Bridge. It was made up of Germans, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Italians. Located here is the famous Sokolowski's Inn, where you can have some of the best ethnic food in Cleveland.
MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS:
Germans, Slovaks, Bohemians, Italians, Hungarians.
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
Monroe Cemetery
Scranton Cemetery
Brookmere Cemetery
Denison Cemetery
Willet Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
Lutheran Cemetery
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery
Erie Street Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery
St. Joseph Cemetery
St. John Cemetery
CHURCHES: Click here to see church histories and possibly pictures of the churches below
St. Wendelin
St. Emeric
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS: