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Cleveland is a city in northeastern Ohio located on Lake Erie's southern shore, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border and across from Ontario, Canada, serving as the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Founded on July 22, 1796, by General Moses Cleaveland near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of Connecticut's Western Reserve, the city became the second-most populous city in Ohio with 372,624 residents at the 2020 census and the 34th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with 2.17 million people. As a major port connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway, Cleveland grew into a commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, with its economy today diversified across higher education, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and biomedicals, generating a Greater Cleveland GDP of $138.3 billion in 2022. Designated a global city, Cleveland is home to prestigious cultural institutions including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra, and Case Western Reserve University, earning the nickname "The Forest City." The city is also known for its major league sports teams - the Browns (NFL), Cavaliers (NBA), and Guardians (MLB) - and serves as headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Beachwood is a suburb of Cleveland located in eastern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with a population of 14,040 at the 2020 census. Originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve and Warrensville Township, Beachwood was incorporated as an independent village on June 26, 1915, after residents petitioned to secede following a school closure dispute, and achieved city status in 1960. Named for the abundant beech trees in the area, the city's spelling was changed from "Beechwood" to "Beachwood," reportedly due to a clerk's misspelling on official documents. The construction of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, completed in 1957 after an Ohio Supreme Court ruling in 1954, marked a pivotal moment in the city's development and sparked significant Jewish migration to the area, with multiple other synagogues relocating to Beachwood since the late 1950s. Covering 5.34 square miles, the city is entirely urban and has become known for its substantial Jewish community and influence on the broader Cleveland metropolitan area. Independence is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, located in the Cleveland metropolitan area with a population of 7,584 as of the 2020 census. Originally called Center, the city was renamed in 1930 and covers 9.64 square miles in an area dominated by the four-level I-77/I-480 stack interchange that opened in 1940 and was completed by the 1950s. Beginning in the 1970s, Independence became a major office and hotel hub as Cleveland businesses relocated from downtown, with the 1991 Crown Center on Rockside Road becoming the tallest building between Downtown Cleveland and Akron. The Rockside corridor area has earned the nickname "Cleveland's Silicon Valley" for its concentration of business and commercial development. As of 2020, the median age in Independence was 46.4 years, with 61.2% of households being married-couple households and 99% of residents living in urban areas.