North Randall
Village · Cuyahoga County · 954 residents · 2.75% municipal income tax
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How North Randall began
North Randall was part of Warrensville Township and known in the early 1800s as Plank Road Station; the 1857 extension of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad opened the farming community to its neighbors, and it incorporated as a village in 1908. That same year the North Randall Park race track opened and quickly gained a national reputation, making the breeding and training of trotting horses the village's major early-20th-century industry; a second track, Thistledown, opened in 1925 and still runs the Ohio Derby every June, reopening as Thistledown Racino in 2010. The old race track site became something entirely different in 1976, when the $175 million, 2.2-million-square-foot Randall Park Mall opened with 200 stores and seven anchors, one of the largest shopping complexes in the country; it declined after its owner's 1994 death and closed on March 12, 2009, and Amazon opened an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center employing 2,000 people on the demolished site in 2018.
Settled 1850s (in earnest, following the 1857 Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad extension); earlier known as Plank Road Station, incorporated 1908, from Warrensville Township.
Where the name comes from
No source we reviewed explains why the community was renamed from Plank Road Station to North Randall, nor who or what 'Randall' refers to.
Before the town
No source we reviewed identifies a specific, named Native American village, mound, or treaty site within present North Randall; the land was part of Warrensville Township, on ground ceded to the United States by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot.
Timeline
- — The community is known as Plank Road Station.
- — The Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad extends to the area, opening the farming community to its neighbors.
- — North Randall incorporates as a village, and the North Randall Park race track opens, soon gaining a national reputation and making trotting-horse breeding and training the village's major industry.
- — Thistledown race track opens; it becomes home to the Ohio Derby, held every June.
- — Randall Park Mall opens on the former race track site, a $175 million, 2.2-million-square-foot complex with 200 stores and seven anchor tenants.
- — The mall's owner dies, beginning the property's long decline.
- — Randall Park Mall closes for good.
- — Thistledown race track reopens as Thistledown Racino.
- — Amazon opens an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center, bringing 2,000 full-time jobs, on the demolished mall site.
Stories
From trotting horses to one of the country's biggest malls, to a warehouse
The same ground has hosted three completely different American economies within a single century. In 1908, the year North Randall incorporated, the North Randall Park race track opened and quickly became nationally known, turning the village into a center for breeding and training trotting horses -- an identity reinforced in 1925 when the nearby Thistledown track opened and took on the Ohio Derby. By the mid-1970s that horse-country identity had given way to retail: Randall Park Mall opened in 1976 at a cost of $175 million, one of the largest shopping complexes in the country at 2.2 million square feet with 200 stores and seven anchors. It did not survive its owner's 1994 death by much more than a decade, closing in 2009 and standing derelict -- photographed in its abandoned state in 2014 -- until it was demolished and replaced in 2018 by an Amazon fulfillment center, a single 855,000-square-foot building employing 2,000 people where a mall, and before that a racetrack, once stood.
Photographs
Photo: Nicholas Eckhart, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · case.edu · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Water
The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park The water here
- Cleveland Public Water System100% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside North Randall's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 1 police station and 6 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Suburban Healthcare and Rehabilitation1 of 5 stars · North Randall
- Address
- 20265 Emery Rd, North Randall, OH 44128
- Certified beds
- 150
- Residents on an average day
- 112
- Medicare overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 4 fines totalling $94,587, 1 payment denial (latest 2024-03-07)
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (216) 475-8880
- Medicare ID
- 365215
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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North Randall Fire DepartmentNorth Randall
- Address
- 21937 Miles Road, North Randall, OH 44128
- Coordinates
- 41.42745, -81.52398
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 (1)
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Randall Park High SchoolNorth Randall
- Address
- 4836 Northfield Rd, North Randall, OH 44128
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 142
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 6.1
- NCES school ID
- 390027904819
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.
Police stations (1)
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North Randall Police DepartmentNorth Randall
- Address
- 21937 Miles Road, North Randall, OH 44128
- Coordinates
- 41.42742, -81.52419
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.
Spills reported since 2021 (6)
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2025-10-23 · North Randall
- Reported
- 2025-10-23
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- North Randall, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2510EPA0001738
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-08-25 · North Randall
- Reported
- 2023-08-25
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 2 gallons
- Where
- North Randall, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001489
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Foam Reached water2022-04-11 · North Randall
- Reported
- 2022-04-11
- What spilled
- Foam
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- North Randall, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2204EPA0000491
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2022-03-18 · Warrensville Heights
- Reported
- 2022-03-18
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle; Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Largest amount reported
- 11 gallons
- Where
- Warrensville Heights, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000363
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-08-12 · North Randall
- Reported
- 2021-08-12
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- North Randall, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2108EPA0001238
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-03-14 · North Randall
- Reported
- 2026-03-14
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- North Randall, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000377
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 North Randall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44128 Cleveland | 3% | The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park | 2.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1952 | Cleveland Municipal · 2.5 stars overall | 0.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in North Randall, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2020 to 2021, released 2024-10-15
The county
Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on North Randall, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.03 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 34.6 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 49.7 in
- a normal year brings 37.8 in
- a normal year
- 41.1 in
- average of 20 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.03 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 2.31 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 7.29 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.55 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.02 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.04 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.39 | 0.1 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.10 | 1.6 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.00 | 9.6 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.86 | 38.4 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.93 | 16.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.72 | 12.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 66.0 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1934 — 21.9 in |
| Snowiest year | 2010 — 106.3 in |
| Wettest day on record | 1 September 1901 — 3.78 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 25 November 1950 — 12.99 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 18 December 1951 — 22.01 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside North Randall, 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.
43,290 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 North Randall: 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
- 5
- those placed on the map inside North Randall
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 (hazardous waste, latest Feb 5, 2024)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 3 |
| Air pollution | 1 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS EASTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste report | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste report | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste notice of violation | |
| MARTIN PULTRUSION GROUP | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste violation resolved | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste notice of violation | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES INC -CLE2 | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| DOMINION ENERGY OHIO - EASTERN SHOP | Hazardous waste compliance letter |
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 North Randall, Ohio in?
North Randall is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 954 residents.
When was North Randall, Ohio founded?
North Randall was settled 1850s (in earnest, following the 1857 Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad extension); earlier known as Plank Road Station; incorporated 1908, from Warrensville Township. Source
What ZIP code is North Randall, Ohio?
Most of North Randall is in ZIP code 44128.
Where does North Randall, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for North Randall (Cleveland Public Water System): The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park.
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