THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Cuyahoga County has 457.2 square miles of land in Ohio. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Cuyahoga County: Low Lime Drift Plain, Erie/Ontario Lake Plain, Erie Gorges.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Cuyahoga County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Low Lime Drift Plain55.2%
- Erie/Ontario Lake Plain25.1%
- Erie Gorges19.7%
Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands in Cuyahoga County
Glacially shaped lowlands and irregular plains border the Great Lakes and adjacent hills. The lakes influence regional weather, while local landforms reflect both glacial deposits and former shorelines.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Cuyahoga County
The atlas lists 59 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Cuyahoga County, including Cleveland, Strongsville, North Royalton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Cuyahoga County by land and water
The Census records 788.3 square miles of water within Cuyahoga County, or 63.3% of its total area. That share is close to Cuyahoga County’s 63.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cuyahoga County has 148.3 times the land area of nearby East Cleveland city (3.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Geauga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Medina County, Portage County, Summit County within Ohio. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

