Ohio
Cuyahoga County
City of Independence

Independence

Independence is a city in , United States. The population was 7,584 at the 2020 census. A suburb of , it is a part of the .
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  • Type: Town with 7,480 residents
  • Description: city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
  • Also known as: “Center”, “Independence, OH”, “Independence, Ohio”, “Pilgerruh”, “Pilgrims Rest”, “Thornburg”, and “Thornburgh”
  • Postal code: 44131
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockside station and Independence High School.

Railway station
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Rockside is a Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad train station in Independence, Ohio. It is located on the south side of Rockside Road in . The station was constructed by the National Park Service in the early 2000s.

School
is a public high school located in Independence, Ohio, south of . It is a part of the Independence Local School District. The school colors are blue and gold, and athletic teams are known as the Blue Devils.

University
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, is the graduate podiatric medical school of Kent State University. As of 2022, it is the only fully public podiatry medical school in the U.S.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valley View and Seven Hills.

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is a village in , United States. The population was 1,897 at the 2020 census. A suburb of , it is a part of the .

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 11,720 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Independence.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 29,781 at the time of the 2020 census. A suburb of , it is a part of the . is situated 3 miles northeast of Independence.

Independence

Latitude
41.38166° or 41° 22′ 54″ north
Longitude
-81.64069° or 81° 38′ 27″ west
Population
7,480
Elevation
860 feet (262 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US IPD
Open location code
86HW99J5+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154028866
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5158404
Wiki­data ID
Q1942086
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Independence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إنديبندنس (أوهايو)”
  • Arabic: “إنديبندنس، أوهايو”
  • Arabic: “إنديبندنس”
  • Basque: “Independence”
  • Catalan: “Independence”
  • Cebuano: “Independence”
  • Chechen: “Индепенденс”
  • Chinese: “Independence”
  • Chinese: “独立市”
  • Chinese: “獨立城”
  • Chinese: “獨立市”
  • Danish: “Independence”
  • Dutch: “Independence”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انديبندنس”
  • French: “Independence”
  • German: “Independence”
  • Gilaki: “ایندیپندنس”
  • Hebrew: “אינדיפנדנס, אוהיו”
  • Irish: “Independence”
  • Italian: “Independence”
  • Japanese: “インデペンデンス”
  • Kazakh: “Индепендэнс”
  • Kirghiz: “Индепендэнс”
  • Ladin: “Independence”
  • Malagasy: “Independence, Ohio”
  • Malagasy: “Independence”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Independence”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Independence”
  • Norwegian: “Independence”
  • Persian: “ایندپندنس، اوهایو”
  • Persian: “ایندپندنس”
  • Persian: “ایندیپندنس”
  • Polish: “Independence”
  • Portuguese: “Independence”
  • Russian: “Индепенденс”
  • Serbian: “Индепенденс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Independence, Ohio”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Independence”
  • Slovenian: “Independence”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایندیپندنس، اوهایو”
  • Spanish: “Independence (Ohio)”
  • Spanish: “Independence”
  • Tatar: “Индепенденс (Огайо)”
  • Tatar: “Индепенденс”
  • Turkish: “Independence, Ohio”
  • Turkish: “Independence”
  • Ukrainian: “Індепенденс”
  • Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس، اوہائیو”
  • Urdu: “انڈیپینڈینس”
  • Uzbek: “Independence”
  • Vietnamese: “Independence, Ohio”
  • Vietnamese: “Independence”
  • Volapük: “Independence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Independence, Ohio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Independence”
  • Welsh: “Independence, Ohio”
  • Welsh: “Independence”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Independence Community Theater and Independence United Methodist Church.

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