Cleveland, Texas Cleveland City of Cleveland Cleveland, TX sign IMG 8259.JPG Cleveland is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Texas, inside Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land urbane region and Liberty County.
The town began forming in 1878 when Charles Lander Cleveland, a small-town judge, donated 63.6 acres (257,000 m2) of territory to the Houston East & West Texas Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) for use as a stop, requesting that the town be titled for him.
Since 1900 Cleveland has served as the junction of this line and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe (now the BNSF Railway).
The forests around Cleveland, including Sam Houston National Forest, which is positioned just to its north, are a resort for many inhabitants of the Houston area, who come to camp, hike, hunt, and fish.
Cleveland has a several historic sites and enhance recreational facilities, including two parks.
Commercially, Cleveland has been a shipping point for timber, lumber, and lumber byproducts since the 1870s.
The general trend toward urbanization of the entire region is reflected by the fact that in 1965 Liberty County was added to the Houston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace of Cleveland interval from 1,200 in 1930 to 7,605 as stated to the census of 2000.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.8 square miles (12 km2), all land.
Cleveland's northern boundary is made by the Sam Houston National Forest. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Cleveland has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Cleveland City Hall As of the 2010 census Cleveland had a populace of 7,675.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cleveland operates under the Council-Manager form of government.
The town/city manager carries out policy and administers town/city programs.
All department heads, including the town/city attorney, police chief and fire chief, are ultimately responsible to the town/city manager.
The Cleveland Unit, a prison for men privately directed by the GEO Group, Inc.
On behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is in the city, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from downtown Cleveland. The town/city of Cleveland is served by the Cleveland Independent School District.
The Tarkington Independent School District, positioned east southeast of the town/city of Cleveland, also has a Cleveland zipcode.
Highway 59, soon to be retitled Interstate 69, traveling southwest towards Houston and north east into East Texas, to have interstate 69 come through Cleveland, all intersections would need to be removed and frontage roads will be assembled to the side so it could be upgraded to interstate standards because at undertaking intersections with other roads are prohibited on interstate highways.
59 goes through the metros/cities of Livingston, Lufkin, and Nacogdoches, and forward to Texarkana, Texas.
Highway 59 Business is the initial route of US 59, which runs north and south through the center of Cleveland, known locally as Washington Avenue and Loop 573.
A current limited access bypass for US 59 was created due to traffic densities in downtown Cleveland that rivaled those of many large cities.
SH 105 travels east and west, and Cleveland is roughly the halfway point between Beaumont and Navasota.
Construction was recently instead of on a loop coming off SH 105 near Pin Oak Road, along the southern side of Cleveland, crossing I 69 and FM 1010, and terminating at SH 321 near New Salem Road.
Cleveland is the meeting point of two rail lines.
Union Tank Car Company has a tank repair/maintenance facility along the BNSF line on the outskirts of Cleveland off of FM 787.
Cleveland Municipal Airport, a general aviation airport, is in Cleveland.
Gib Lewis, a Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, spent his formative years in Cleveland.
He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1955 and enrolled at Sam Houston State College ( Sam Houston State University ) in Huntsville, Texas positioned in East Texas' Walker County.
Jason Grimsley was born in Cleveland and went to school in Tarkington ISD, just east of town on State Hwy 321.
Grimsley pitched for the following teams: Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Anaheim Angels, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Baltimore Orioles and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Danny Roberts was born and reared in Cleveland.
He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1960, where he set state records in shot put and discus.
Roberts enrolled at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas positioned about 90 miles northwest of Houston.
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Climate Summary for Cleveland, Texas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
2010 general profile of populace and housing characteriticis from the US census for Cleveland "Cleveland Unit." Municipalities and communities of Liberty County, Texas, United States
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