Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Westlake, OH

Westlake is an affluent city in western Cuyahoga County, part of Cleveland's western suburbs between Lake Erie and Interstate 90.

The area was first settled on October 10, 1810, as part of Dover Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve, with the Cahoon and Porter families among the first homesteaders.

After Bay Village and part of North Olmsted split away in the early 1900s, the remaining community incorporated as Dover Village in the early 1910s.

Dover Village renamed itself the Village of Westlake in 1940 to end confusion with the city of Dover, Ohio, and Westlake became a city in 1957.

The arrival of the Nickel Plate Railroad in 1881 helped make Dover Township one of the nation's leading shipping points for grapes in the late 19th century.

Westlake had 34,228 residents at the 2020 census, living in about 14,424 households, with roughly 73% of homes owner-occupied.

Westlake's median household income is about $112,200 and its median home value about $368,200, per recent Census Bureau survey figures.

Westlake has no traditional downtown, so Crocker Park — a $200 million French-inspired open-air lifestyle center that opened in November 2004 with shops, restaurants, apartments, and offices — was built to serve as 'Downtown Westlake.'

Crocker Park also hosts the world headquarters of American Greetings, anchoring the development's office component.

The Clague House Museum, built in 1876, preserves the history of Westlake and its Dover Township roots.