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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Cuyahoga
- Township
- March 7, 1826
- Incorporated village
- December 15, 1924
- Incorporated city
- January 1, 1931
- Named after
- Parma, Italy , Parma translated refers to a round shield , such as the one used by Roman legionaries
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Timothy J. DeGeeter ( D )
- President
- Vito Dipierro, Deborah Lime
- City clerk
- Kristin Saban
- Majority leader
- Kammy Coyle Shuman
- Councilmembers
- Monica Wilson, John Soeder, Kelly Zacharias, Allan Divis, Kevin Kussmaul, Amanda Boyd, Rob Euerle
- City
- 20.070 sq mi (51.981 km )
- Land
- 20.023 sq mi (51.859 km )
- Water
- 0.047 sq mi (0.121 km ) 0.23%
- Elevation
- 945 ft (288 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 79,350
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Parma, OH | Official Website
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Encyclopedic overview
Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb south of Cleveland. The population was 81,146 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 79,350 in 2024, making it the seventh-most populous city in Ohio, the largest suburb in the state, and the second-largest city in Cuyahoga County. Part of the Greater Cleveland has an estimated 2,171,877 residents in the 2024 estimate. Parma is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) south of Cleveland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.