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Seven Hills

City · Cuyahoga County · 11,549 residents · 2.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in Seven Hills

Seven Hills itself has 2 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Seven Hills

  1. Senior Citizen Holiday Concert and Luncheon

    11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · 4820 East 7st Street, OH 44125 - Brooklyn Heights · From Village of Brooklyn Heights

  2. SouthPark Mall Senior Shopping Trip

    11 a.m. to 2 p.m. · From Village of Brooklyn Heights

  3. Cooking with Kids

    2 to 3 p.m. · Independence Branch · Independence · 1.0 mi · Free · From Cuyahoga County Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Seven Hills began

Seven Hills was the remaining unincorporated part of Independence Township, land that before the Civil War was known for orchards, vineyards, and stone quarries on its hilly terrain. It incorporated as a separate village in 1927, taking a name the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History attributes either to that hilly ground or to a nod at the seven hills of Rome, and became a city in 1961. With only 12 working farms left by 1938, it grew after World War II into a largely residential Cleveland suburb, reaching a peak population near 16,000 by 1980.

Incorporated village, 1927 (from the unincorporated part of Independence Township); city, 1961.

Where the name comes from

The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History states that the area's hilly terrain probably gave rise to the name, but notes that early residents may also have been referencing the seven hills of Rome.

Before the town

No source we reviewed identifies a specific, named Native American village, mound, or treaty site within present Seven Hills; it was part of Independence Township, whose own documented Native history applies to this ground as well before the 1927 split. The area lies in the Cuyahoga River watershed, within the range of the Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot, and other nations who used the river corridor as a travel route, and was ceded to the United States by the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, whose boundary line ran along the Cuyahoga River.

Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot.

Timeline

  1. — The land that becomes Seven Hills, then part of Independence Township, is known for orchards, vineyards, and stone quarries.
  2. — The remaining unincorporated portion of Independence Township incorporates separately as the village of Seven Hills.
  3. — Only 12 farms remain in Seven Hills, and the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History marks the community as having become largely residential.
  4. — Population reaches 1,350, up from 333 in 1938, as postwar residential development accelerates.
  5. — Seven Hills becomes a city.
  6. — The John Froelich House, on Broadview Road, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  7. — The Daniel Gabel House, on East Ridgewood Drive, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  8. — Population peaks at about 16,000 before beginning a long, gradual decline.

Stories

From Independence Township's back acres to a city of its own

Before it was a suburb, the ground that became Seven Hills was simply the outlying, hillier part of Independence Township, worked as orchards and vineyards and quarried for building stone -- a pattern the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History traces back before the Civil War. When the built-up village center of Independence organized itself more tightly, the remaining unincorporated farmland split off in 1927 to become its own village, named, most likely, for its own rolling terrain, though a folk memory of the seven hills of ancient Rome is also part of the story the encyclopedia records. The transformation from farm township to suburb happened fast and late: as of 1938 only a dozen farms were still working the land, and by 1950 the population had already quadrupled to 1,350 as postwar housing filled in the old orchards and quarries. The city kept growing for another three decades, peaking near 16,000 residents around 1980, before settling into the smaller, older, largely residential community it is today.

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · case.edu · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

Historic places

3 places in Seven Hills on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Froelich, John, HouseBuilding · Seven Hills · listed 1974
    Address
    7095 Broadview Rd.
    Where
    Seven Hills, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44131
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1974
    NRIS reference number
    74001461
    Coordinates
    41.37289, -81.68407

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Gabel, Daniel, HouseBuilding · Seven Hills · listed 1978
    Address
    1102 E. Ridgewood Dr.
    Where
    Seven Hills, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44131
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002049
    Coordinates
    41.39195, -81.67542

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  3. Kuenzer, Joseph II, HouseBuilding · Independence · listed 1974
    Address
    2345 Rockside Rd.
    Where
    Independence, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44131
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1974
    NRIS reference number
    74001458
    Coordinates
    41.40359, -81.67183

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

Every historic place in Cuyahoga County on the full map

Water

The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Seven Hills's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 public charging site and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Seven Hills Fire DepartmentSeven Hills
    Address
    7195 Broadview Road, Seven Hills, OH 44131
    Coordinates
    41.37000, -81.68408

    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)

  1. Hillside Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Seven Hills
    Address
    1 Educational Park Dr, Seven Hills, OH 44131
    School district
    Parma City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    703
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    37.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    79.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    016378
    NCES school ID
    390446301502

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

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.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)

  1. Seven Hills Historical SocietyHistorical society · Seven Hills
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Seven Hills
    Coordinates
    41.36772, -81.68021

    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)

  1. Seven Hills Police DepartmentCleveland
    Address
    7325 Summitview Drive, Cleveland, OH 44131
    Coordinates
    41.36650, -81.68055

    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)

  1. City of Seven Hills City Hall DC fast1 DC fast · 2 Level 2 · Seven Hills
    Address
    7325 Summit View Drive, Seven Hills, OH 44131
    Ports
    1 DC fast · 2 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO, 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.

Spills reported since 2021 (2)

  1. Sewage Human Reached water2023-07-21 · Seven Hills
    Reported
    2023-07-21
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Seven Hills, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001232

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-08-05 · Seven Hills
    Reported
    2026-08-05
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Seven Hills, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001426

    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 Seven Hills, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44131 Seven Hills and Independence 56% The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park 2.9 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1966 Parma City · 4 stars overall 0.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

Who holds office in Seven Hills, 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

Independence Brooklyn Heights

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Seven Hills, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.12 in
2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
rain so far in 2026
34.5 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
41.2 in
a normal year brings 69.0 in
a normal year
41.6 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.12 — 28
September 2026 2.90 — 30
August 2026 6.33 — 31
July 2026 3.06 — 31
June 2026 3.12 — 30
May 2026 4.13 — 31
April 2026 6.25 0.0 30
March 2026 3.55 1.9 31
February 2026 0.71 7.9 28
January 2026 2.34 31.5 31
December 2025 2.67 15.2 31
November 2025 2.32 8.1 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year2011 — 69.0 in
Driest year1963 — 18.7 in
Snowiest year2005 — 108.5 in
Wettest day on record7 September 1996 — 4.59 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day10 November 1913 — 13.78 in
Deepest snow on the ground24 February 1993 — 20.98 in

Mostly estimated. Only 2% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Seven Hills - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read 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 Seven Hills: 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
7
those placed on the map inside Seven Hills
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge5
State sewer loans2
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
PIR 3911 - CHERRY LANE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COOPER'S HAWK AT THE 7 HILLS DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ZONE 1 AT THE 7 HILLS DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ZONE 1 AT THE 7 HILLS DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
THE BLUFFS AT THE 7 HILLS DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CHESTNUT WOODS - SECTION 3 SUBDIVISION - PHASE 6 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
PIR 3911 - CHERRY LANE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit

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 Seven Hills, Ohio in?

Seven Hills is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 11,549 residents.

When was Seven Hills, Ohio founded?

Seven Hills was incorporated village, 1927 (from the unincorporated part of Independence Township); city, 1961. Source

How did Seven Hills, Ohio get its name?

The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History states that the area's hilly terrain probably gave rise to the name, but notes that early residents may also have been referencing the seven hills of Rome. Source

What ZIP code is Seven Hills, Ohio?

Most of Seven Hills is in ZIP code 44131.

Where does Seven Hills, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Seven Hills (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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