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small settlement benefited from construction of the Cleveland,
Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad through here in 1849 and
was incorporated as a village eight years later. Many historic
structures survive from this period of growth and development
just prior to the Civil War. Growth of the community slowed
in the late nineteenth century and did not pick up again until
after World War II, when suburban growth and highway development
made the community more accessible to greater Cleveland. The
Village of Olmsted merged with the Village of Westview in
1971 and became the City of Olmsted Falls in 1972. A Charter
was written soon thereafter describing the nature and form
of government. |
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