Local events in Fairview Park
62 events in the next 90 days from 4 public calendars. All local events in Fairview Park
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
How Fairview Park began
Fairview Park's land was part of Rockport Township, created in 1819 and first permanently settled by Samuel Dean and Datus Kelley; the township's first school stood on what is now Lorain Road as early as 1840. Sources disagree on the community's early municipal history: Wikipedia has an 1903 Rocky River-affiliated hamlet splitting in 1910 into a northern Rocky River and a southern Goldwood (later Fairview Village and Parkview), while the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History instead has the village of Fairview incorporating directly out of southern Rocky River in September 1910. Utilities arrived progressively -- electricity in 1913, gas in 1916, streetlights in 1921, Cleveland water in 1923 -- and the whole community was unified and renamed Fairview in 1948, becoming the city of Fairview Park in 1951 after passing 5,000 residents, with the outlying Parkview section annexed in 1967. Cleveland families moved in after the 1947 opening of the Fairview Shopping Center on Lorain Road, and the compact Cleveland suburb of about 17,300 today includes the Fairview Community Park Historic District among its National Register listings.
Incorporated 1903 (Rocky River hamlet, per Wikipedia) or 1910-09 (village of Fairview, per the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History); 1951 (city).
Where the name comes from
The community passed through several names before settling on Fairview Park. Wikipedia's account has it as part of Rockport Township, then an incorporated hamlet tied to Rocky River (1903), then Goldwood after a 1910 split, then Fairview Village in its northern section and Parkview in its southwestern section by 1925, unified as Fairview in 1948 and renamed Fairview Park upon becoming a city. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History instead has the village of Fairview incorporating directly out of the southern portion of Rocky River in September 1910, following the division of the hamlet of Goldwood, with a southwestern section remaining separately as Goldwood until renamed Parkview in 1925; both accounts agree on the 1948 and 1951 (or 1950) unification and city dates, and on Parkview's 1967 merger.
Before the town
No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, trail or burial site within present Fairview Park. The area lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve, secured for settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Timeline
- — Rockport Township, one of nineteen townships originally composing Cuyahoga County, is created.
- — Samuel Dean, with his sons Joseph and Aaron W., moves into Rockport Township, among the area's first permanent settlers alongside Datus Kelley.
- — The area's first school is located on what is now Lorain Road.
- — The community incorporates as a hamlet tied to Rocky River (per Wikipedia).
- — Sources disagree on this year's events: Wikipedia has the Rocky River hamlet splitting into a northern Rocky River and a southern Goldwood; the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History has the village of Fairview incorporating in September 1910 out of southern Rocky River, following the division of the hamlet of Goldwood, with a southwestern remainder continuing as Goldwood.
- — Electric service arrives in the community.
- — Gas service arrives.
- — Streetlights are installed.
- — Cleveland begins supplying the community's water.
- — The community's southwestern Goldwood section is renamed Parkview.
- — Many new streets are platted and paved.
- — Economic recession prompts, and residents reject, discussion of annexation to Cleveland.
- — Fairview Shopping Center opens on Lorain Road, drawing former Cleveland residents to the area.
- — The community is unified and renamed Fairview.
- — Fairview is incorporated as the city of Fairview Park, per the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (Wikipedia instead gives 1950, on passing 5,000 residents).
- — Fairview Park adopts its first city charter.
- — The remaining Parkview section is annexed to Fairview Park.
- — Fairview Park school enrollment peaks at 3,640 students, declining to 1,769 by 1984.
Stories
A city stitched together from three names
Few Cleveland suburbs changed identity as many times as Fairview Park before settling on a final name. Its territory started as part of Rockport Township, created in 1819 not long after Samuel Dean and Datus Kelley became among its first permanent settlers; the community that grew up on the township's southern edge spent the following century passing through the names Goldwood, Fairview Village and Parkview before finally unifying as Fairview in 1948. Economic hardship in 1929 briefly raised the question of giving up altogether and annexing to Cleveland, an option residents turned down. It took until 1951 for the city of Fairview Park to be formally incorporated and until 1967 for the last holdout, Parkview, to formally join. What finally pulled scattered Rockport Township farmland into one coherent suburb was less a founding vision than practical convenience: the 1947 Fairview Shopping Center on Lorain Road, which gave former Cleveland residents a reason to move to a place that, for nearly half a century before that, had not been able to settle on what to call itself.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend (Wikimedia Commons), public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org · case.edu · case.edu
Water
Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline The water here
- Cleveland Public Water System100% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Fairview Park's boundary: 2 dialysis centers, 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 4 public schools, 2 private schools, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 1 Superfund site and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Dialysis centers (2)
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Center For Dialysis Care Westside Home Care LlcDialysis · Fairview Park
- Address
- 20790 Lorain Park, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Dialysis stations
- 12
- Medicare star rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Centers for Dialysis Care
- Medicare certified since
- 2018-07-26
- Phone
- (440) 333-2632
- Medicare ID
- 362877
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Davita Villa Of Great NorthernDialysis · Fairview Park
- Address
- 22710 Fairview Center Dr., Ste 100, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Dialysis stations
- 8
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- DaVita
- Medicare certified since
- 2010-01-12
- Phone
- (440) 734-4630
- Medicare ID
- 362749
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).
Nursing homes (1)
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O'Neill Healthcare Fairview Park5 of 5 stars · Fairview Park
- Address
- 20770 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Certified beds
- 118
- Residents on an average day
- 98
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- O'NEILL HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 331-0300
- Medicare ID
- 366428
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Fairview Park Fire DepartmentFairview Park
- Address
- 20777 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Coordinates
- 41.44702, -81.84965
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (4)
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Fairview High School3.5 of 5 stars · Fairview Park
- Address
- 4507 W 213 Street, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- School district
- Fairview Park City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 502
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 24.42
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 83.9%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 91.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 011304
- NCES school ID
- 390439700934
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Gilles-Sweet Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Fairview Park
- Address
- 4320 West 220 Street, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- School district
- Fairview Park City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 513
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 32.1
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 88.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 029223
- NCES school ID
- 390439700937
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lewis F Mayer Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Fairview Park
- Address
- 21200 Campus Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- School district
- Fairview Park City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 349
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27.83
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 84.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 020263
- NCES school ID
- 390439704214
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Parkview Early Education CenterFairview Park
- Address
- 21620 Mastick Rd, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 132
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 7.9
- NCES school ID
- 390439704372
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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Messiah Lutheran SchoolPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · Fairview Park
- Address
- 4401 W 215Th St, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Kind
- religious, denomination-affiliated
- Students, 2023-24
- 113
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 11.8
- Students per teacher
- 9.57627
- Phone
- (440) 331-6553
- NCES private school ID
- 01064722
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St Angela Merici Elementary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Fairview Park
- Address
- 20830 Lorain Rd, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 379
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 25.3
- Students per teacher
- 14.9802
- Phone
- (440) 333-2126
- NCES private school ID
- 01057497
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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SR 17 over Rocky RiverPoor · built 1933
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1933
- Length
- 585 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 14,415
- Coordinates
- 41.42048, -81.86181
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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W. 220th St. over IR-480 (w220th)Poor · built 1980
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1980
- Length
- 79 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 7,104
- Coordinates
- 41.42444, -81.86465
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Public libraries (1)
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Fairview Park Branch LibraryBranch · Fairview Park
- Address
- 21255 Lorain Rd, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Open
- 3,499 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 44,225 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 3,917,784
- System's loans, FY2024
- 11,584,178
- People the system serves
- 626,288
- Phone
- (440) 333-4700
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)
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Fairview Park Historical SocietyHistorical society · Fairview Park
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Fairview Park
- Coordinates
- 41.42853, -81.87004
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Fairview Park Police DepartmentFairview Park
- Address
- 20777 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Coordinates
- 41.44693, -81.85011
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (1)
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City of Fairview Park - City Hall2 Level 2 · Fairview Park
- Address
- 20777 Lorain Rd, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- FLO
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-356-8911
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Superfund sites (1)
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Fphs Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Fairview Park
- Address
- 4507 W. 213 Street, Fairview Park, OH 44126
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000509229
- EPA registry ID
- 110020033998
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Spills reported since 2021 (3)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-09-21 · Fairview Park
- Reported
- 2021-09-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Fairview Park, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2109EPA0001490
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2021-08-30 · Fairview Park
- Reported
- 2021-08-30
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 40 gallons
- Where
- Fairview Park, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2108EPA0001364
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-03-13 · Fairview Park
- Reported
- 2026-03-13
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 15 gallons
- Where
- Fairview Park, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000362
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Fairview Park, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44126 Fairview Park and Cleveland | 100% | Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline | 2.7 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1951 | Fairview Park City · 4 stars overall | 0.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Fairview Park, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Auditor of State record
The county
Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.
Nearby places
No nearby place shares a ZIP code with Fairview Park in the atlas yet.
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Fairview Park, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.35 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 32.0 in
- 2.4 in below normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 32.2 in
- a normal year brings 63.8 in
- a normal year
- 41.2 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.32 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 2.26 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.46 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.69 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.31 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.14 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 5.23 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.20 | 1.6 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.56 | 5.6 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.86 | 25.0 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.53 | 14.8 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.29 | 6.4 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 64.4 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 18.6 in |
| Snowiest year | 2005 — 107.2 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 September 1996 — 4.63 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 10 November 1913 — 14.04 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 24 February 1993 — 20.76 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Fairview Park, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
56,914 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-28. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Fairview Park: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 18
- those placed on the map inside Fairview Park
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Voluntary cleanup | 6 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 4 |
| State sewer loans | 2 |
| Air pollution | 1 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 1 |
| Federal Facilities | 1 |
| Hazardous waste | 1 |
| Medical waste | 1 |
| Site assessment | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| FAIRVIEW PARK CITY | Air pollution report | |
| CUYAHOGA LAND BANK | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| WOODSTOCK AVENUE REMEDIATION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| STANFORD AVENUE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| WOODSTOCK AVENUE REMEDIATION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| FAIRVIEW PARK HS/MS ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| CENTER FOR DIALYSIS CARE - FAIRVIEW PARK | Medical waste registration | |
| NORTH OLMSTED WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| NORTH OLMSTED WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| CENTER FOR DIALYSIS CARE - FAIRVIEW PARK | Medical waste registration | |
| NORTH OLMSTED WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| NORTH OLMSTED WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| MAC'S CONVENIENCE STORES LLC DBA CIRCLE K #5664 | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| FAIRVIEW PARK VOC INVESTIGATION | Contaminated-site cleanup assessment | |
| FAIRVIEW PARK VOC INVESTIGATION | Site assessment cleanup response |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Fairview Park, Ohio in?
Fairview Park is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 17,291 residents.
When was Fairview Park, Ohio founded?
Fairview Park was incorporated 1903 (Rocky River hamlet, per Wikipedia) or 1910-09 (village of Fairview, per the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History); 1951 (city). Source
How did Fairview Park, Ohio get its name?
The community passed through several names before settling on Fairview Park. Source
What ZIP code is Fairview Park, Ohio?
Most of Fairview Park is in ZIP code 44126.
Where does Fairview Park, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Fairview Park (Cleveland Public Water System): Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline.
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