:Shaker Heights, Ohio

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Shaker Heights is home to the oldest house in Cuyahoga County, built in 1817 by Moses Warren.{{cite web |url=http://www.shakerhistoricalsociety.org/2011/12/%E2%80%9Cthe-famous-architects-of-shaker-heights%E2%80%9D/ |title=The Famous Architects of Shaker Heights | Shaker Historical Society |website=www.shakerhistoricalsociety.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315171957/http://www.shakerhistoricalsociety.org/2011/12/%E2%80%9Cthe-famous-architects-of-shaker-heights%E2%80%9D/ |archive-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=dead}} The name "Shaker Heights" has origins in two local sources. The community was laid out on land formerly owned by the North Union Community of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as Shakers. "Heights" refers to the plateau east of Cleveland that rises sharply in elevation from 582 feet above sea level at the base of the Cedar Glen Parkway rising to 950 feet above sea level in nearby Cleveland Heights; Shaker Heights' elevation is 1050 feet above sea level.

Ralph Russell established the North Union Shaker Settlement in 1822 with just over 80 individuals. Between 1826 and 1854, the group dammed Doan Brook, which made Upper and Lower Lake, and established three grist and a sawmills.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/shaker/nor.htm|title=North Union Shaker Site|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2008-03-21}} The colony peaked around 1850 with about 300 settlers, but subsequently faded away and was closed in 1889.{{cite web |title=The North Union Shakers |url=http://www.shakerworkshops.com/shaker-villages-and-museums/shaker-historical-society-and-museum.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629002223/http://www.shakerworkshops.com/shaker-villages-and-museums/shaker-historical-society-and-museum.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |access-date=2008-01-20}}

In 1905, the land was bought by brothers M.J. and O.P. Van Sweringen who envisioned the first garden styled suburb in Ohio for the site. The brothers constructed homes, set aside land for churches and schools, and planted trees. Originally referred to as Shaker Village, the community was incorporated in 1912 and reached city status in 1931.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SH3|title=Shaker Heights|year=2003|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History|publisher=CWRU|access-date=4 June 2011}}

Shaker Heights is known for its stringent building codes and zoning laws, which have helped to maintain the community's housing stock and identity throughout the years.{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1228210343218530.xml&coll=2|title=Demolition crew uncovers long-hidden Philco sign in Shaker Heights|last=Segall|first=Grant|date=2008-12-02|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|access-date=2008-12-13}} Approximately seventy-five percent of the city of Shaker Heights is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Shaker Village Historic District.{{cite web|author=Shaker Heights Landmark Commission|url=http://shakeronline.com/assets/downloads/landmark-commission/lc_shaker%20village%20district.pdf|title=Historical Development of Shaker Heights|access-date=2014-06-07}}

Efforts toward racial integration began in the late 1950s, with neighbors in the Ludlow Elementary School area working together to make integration successful. As a result, Shaker Heights avoided many of the problems created from practices such as blockbusting and white flight. In 1986, the city began the Fund for the Future of Shaker Heights, which offered loans for down payments for residents buying homes in segregated neighborhoods, which helped to create multi-ethnic neighborhoods.{{cite web|last=Keating |first=W. Dennis |url=http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/planning/1988sep.htm |title=Suburban Cleveland's 20-Year Integration Struggle |publisher=American Planning Association |date=September 1988 |access-date=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163956/http://www.planning.org/25anniversary/planning/1988sep.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 }} Today, the city maintains a housing assistance office that works with home buyers to achieve and maintain neighborhood integration.

Shaker Heights was a finalist for the All-America City Award in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncl.org/aac/past_winners/past_winners_1980s.html|title=Past Winners of the All-America City Award|access-date=2007-10-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814061126/http://www.ncl.org/aac/past_winners/past_winners_1980s.html |archive-date = 2007-08-14}}

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Shaker Heights is located at {{coord|41|28|35|N|81|33|6|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|6.32|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|6.28|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2013-01-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}

Shaker Heights is roughly 1,050 feet (320 m) above sea level, and is located about 6 miles (10 km) inland from Lake Erie. Shaker Heights is drained by the Doan Brook watershed, and has several small artificial lakes: Horseshoe Lake, Green Lake, Lower Shaker Lake, and Marshall Lake.{{cite web|url=http://shakeronline.com/Media/PDFs/Uploader/4102004121052DoanMap.pdf|title=The Doan Brook Watershed|access-date=2008-01-20|author=Behnke Associates, Inc.|page=1|publisher=The Holden Parks Trust Distribution Committee}} Horseshoe Lake and Lower Shaker Lake had been dammed by the Shakers, while developers added Green Lake and Marshall Lake, the latter named after drugstore chain owner W. A. Marshall, at a later point.{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Bruce T.|title=Shaker Heights|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2006|page=69|isbn=0-7385-4050-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFreGYJZb4sC&q=shaker+heights|access-date=4 June 2011}}

Shaker Heights is one of Greater Cleveland's older inner-ring or "first" suburbs, and borders Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, University Heights, Beachwood, Highland Hills, and Warrensville Heights.{{cite web |author= |title=Cities of the First Suburbs Consortium |url=http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/smartgrowth/sgagenda/first_suburbs/firstsuburbs_map.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204154258/https://www.ecocitycleveland.org/smartgrowth/sgagenda/first_suburbs/firstsuburbs_map.html |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2008-03-19 |website=Housing Policy Research Program, Cleveland State University, College of Urban Affairs}} Shaker Heights is a member of the Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium.{{cite web | title=Members | website=Northeast Ohio First Suburbs Consortium | url=https://firstsuburbs.org/members | access-date=2024-08-16}}

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There are nine neighborhoods in Shaker Heights, all of which were named after the nine original elementary schools.{{cite web|title=Shaker Neighborhoods|publisher=Shaker Online|year=2008|url=http://www.shakeronline.com/relocation/buying/ShakerNeighborhoods.asp|access-date=2008-02-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111010744/http://www.shakeronline.com/relocation/buying/ShakerNeighborhoods.asp|archive-date=2008-01-11}} These neighborhoods are:

• Boulevard, located in northwest Shaker Heights, is near Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, and borders Shaker Square. The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is located in this neighborhood.
• Fernway is located in the middle of Shaker Heights, north of Van Aken Boulevard, and south of Shaker Heights Country Club.
• Lomond is located in the south-central part of the city.
• Ludlow is the smallest neighborhood and is located in the western portion of the city. Half of the neighborhood lies in Shaker Heights, while the other half is in the Shaker Heights School district of Cleveland.{{cite news|last=Maag|first=Christopher|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/us/17shaker.html?em&ex=1201323600&en=d36350670ee5d352&ei=5070|title=A Suburb Looks Nervously at Its Urban Neighbor|newspaper=New York Times|date=2008-01-17|access-date=2008-06-12}}
• Malvern is mostly residential and is the location of Hathaway Brown School. The Hanna Perkins Center, a child development center, occupies the former Malvern school building.{{cite web|title=Directions to the Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development|year=2007|url=http://www.hannaperkins.org/directions_to_HPC.htm|access-date=2008-02-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071231074137/http://www.hannaperkins.org/directions_to_HPC.htm |archive-date = 2007-12-31}}
• Mercer, located in northeast Shaker Heights, is the largest neighborhood. The area is also home to Shaker Heights Middle School (previously Byron Junior High School), and the private schools University School and Laurel School. The Bertram Woods branch of the Shaker Heights Public Library is located here.
• Moreland is located in southwest Shaker Heights. The former Moreland school building now houses the Shaker Heights Public Library Main Branch.
• Onaway is home to Shaker Heights High School, and the former Woodbury Junior High School Building.
• Sussex is located in southeast part of the city and is the location of the Tower East office building and post office.

Shaker Square is in the city of Cleveland, though a September 1912 agreement between Shaker Heights and Cleveland school districts places it in the Shaker Heights City School District.

{{US Census population

|1920= 1616

|1930= 17783

|1940= 23393

|1950= 28222

|1960= 36460

|1970= 36306

|1980= 32487

|1990= 30831

|2000= 29405

|2010= 28448

|2020= 29439

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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As of the 2010 census,{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2013-01-06}} there were 28,448 people, 11,840 households, and 7,716 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4529.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 13,318 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2120.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 55.0% White, 37.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 11,840 households, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.03.

The median age in the city was 40.9 years. 26.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 29% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.2% male and 54.8% female.

The median income for a household in the city was $76,476, and the median income for a family was $105,660. The per capita income for the city was $47,360. About 5.3% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_3YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213345/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_3YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder2.census.gov|access-date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3971682.html |title=Shaker Heights (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |publisher=Quickfacts.census.gov |access-date=2013-06-30}} The unemployment rate in the city is 5.4%, one of the lowest rates for individual cities included in data provided by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.{{cite news|url=http://kent.patch.com/articles/kent-s-unemployment-rate-drops-to-one-of-lowest-in-ohio|title=Kent's Jobless Rate Drops to One of Lowest in Ohio |last=Legeza|first=Kasha|author2=Michelle Simakis |date=27 January 2012|publisher=Kent Patch|access-date=29 January 2012}}

About 93.5% of residents speak English natively at home, while 1.6% speak Spanish, 1.2% speak French, 0.7% speak Chinese, and 3.0% speak another language, including German, Russian and Arabic.{{cite news|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results|title=MLA's Data Center Results for Shaker Heights, Ohio|year=2000|publisher=Modern Language Association|access-date=21 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results|archive-date=19 June 2006}}

Educationally, Shaker Heights is above the national, state, and local averages for residents who have attained a bachelor's, master's, or above a master's degree. As of the 2010 Census, 64.5% of the city's population over the age of 25 had obtained a college degree compared to 28.6% of the same population in Cuyahoga County, 24.1% statewide, and 27.9% nationally.{{cite web|title=Educational Attainment: United States, Ohio, Portage County, Ohio, and Kent city, Ohio|url=https://www.census.gov|year=2010|work=2010 United States Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=6 May 2013}}

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The Shaker Heights City Charter was adopted in 1931 and revised in 1974, 1986, and 1999. This charter provides for a mayor and seven members of a city council, elected on an at-large, non-partisan basis. The current mayor of Shaker Heights is David Weiss. He was elected in 2018 after serving briefly as interim mayor to fulfill the term of the previous three-term mayor Earl Leiken, who resigned to take the position of chief of staff with Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish.{{cite news|last=Jewell|first=Thomas|title=David Weiss takes the oath and reins as interim Shaker Heights mayor|url=http://www.cleveland.com/shaker-heights/index.ssf/2018/04/david_weiss_takes_the_oath_and.html|access-date=April 24, 2018|newspaper=Cleveland.com|date=April 10, 2018}} In 2019, David Weiss ran unopposed and was re-elected to a four-year term as mayor.{{cite news |first=Emily |last=Bamforth |title=17 Cuyahoga County mayors running unopposed in 2019 election |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/11/17-cuyahoga-county-mayors-running-unopposed-in-2019-election-see-uncontested-races-in-your-city.html |work=Cleveland.com |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=November 6, 2019}} He was re-elected to a second full term in a landslide in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Raspe |first=Becky |date=2023-11-08 |title=Mayor Weiss wins reelection in Shaker Heights |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/politics/elections/mayor-weiss-wins-reelection-in-shaker-heights/article_d083747c-7e51-11ee-95b7-ffe3f2c4d101.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Cleveland Jewish News |language=en}} Council members are elected to four-year terms, with four of the elections coinciding with mayoral elections and the other three two years later in order to stagger terms.{{cite web| title=City Council|url=https://shakeronline.com/386/City-Council|publisher=Shaker Heights|access-date=November 6, 2019}}

The Neo-Georgian city hall, designed by Charles Schneider, was built in 1930.{{cite book|last=Forgac|first=Patricia|title=The Physical Development of Shaker Heights|date=May 1981|publisher=Kent State University|location=Ohio|chapter=Architecture|page=106}}

Over the years it has hosted 12 Keys to the city ceremonies starting in 1935 to Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and ending in 1993 to Dean Yoder.

Shaker Heights is a stronghold of the Democratic Party, with Joe Biden winning nearly 90% of vote in the most recent Presidential election.{{cite web | url=https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2020/11/official-results-joe-biden-won-42-of-59-cuyahoga-county-communities-664-of-the-vote-see-details-by-precinct.html | title=Official results: Joe Biden won 42 of 59 Cuyahoga County communities, 66.4% of the vote; see details by precinct | date=November 19, 2020 }} Shaker Heights is entirely within the Eleventh Congressional District, a seat in the House of Representatives, represented by Shontel Brown (D).{{Cite web|date=November 4, 2021|title=Shontel Brown sworn in as representative for Ohio's 11th Congressional District|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/elections/ohio-11th-congressional/shontel-brown-sworn-in-representative-ohio-11th-congressional-district/95-8612d7f3-34b9-4513-a1af-fceb404d49ce|access-date=2022-01-29|website=wkyc.com|language=en-US}} At the state level, Shaker Heights is located within the 21st senatorial district, represented by Kent Smith (D) in the Ohio Senate, and in the 22nd District of the Ohio House of Representatives, represented by Juanita Brent (D).{{cite web|url=http://shakeronline.com/for-residents/resources/government-resources|title=Government Resources: State|publisher=City of Shaker Heights|access-date=2017-05-06}}

Image:Shaker Heights Public Library.jpg, a member of the CLEVNET consortium.{{cite web|url=http://www.cpl.org/index.php?q=node/90|title=CLEVNET Consortium|publisher=Cleveland Public Library|access-date=2008-06-09|year=2008}}]]

Publicly, Shaker Heights is served by the Shaker Heights City School District,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39035_cuyahoga/DC20SD_C39035.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cuyahoga County, OH|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-02-11}} a K-12 district with an enrollment of about 5,600 students in eight total schools. There are five lower elementary schools, Fernway, Mercer, Boulevard, Lomond and Onaway; an upper elementary school, Woodbury Elementary School; Shaker Heights Middle School; and Shaker Heights High School. The district estimates that roughly 90% of Shaker graduates attend college,{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/about/overview/facts.htm|title=Fast Facts|access-date=2008-01-25|year=2006|publisher=Shaker Heights Schools|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201131646/http://www.shaker.org/about/overview/facts.htm|archive-date=2008-02-01}} and has been recognized for its efforts to increase neighborhood integration.{{cite news|url=http://www.s4.brown.edu/cen2000/othersay/detroitnews/Stories/Shaker%20Heights%20City%20works%20at%20integration%20-%2001-28-02.pdf|title=Shaker Heights: City works at integration|last=Brand-Williams|first=Oralandar|date=2002-01-28|newspaper=The Detroit News|access-date=2009-02-14}} In the 1950s, the public school system was rated in the top ten nationally. According to the 2007-2008 State of Ohio Report Card, Shaker scored 97.1 out of a possible 120. The district is listed as "Effective," the third tier on a 6 tier scale.{{cite web|url=http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Districts/District_Questions.asp?sel=044750|title=Shaker Heights City School District Report Card|access-date=2008-11-25|year=2008|publisher= State of Ohio Department of Education}} On the other hand, since 1995, 9-17% of seniors at Shaker Heights High School have been recipients of National Merit Scholarship awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/news/releases/2007-08/historicalchart.htm|title=National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholarship Programs|date=2008-10-13|publisher=Shaker Heights City School District|access-date=2008-12-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116152340/http://shaker.org/news/releases/2007-08/historicalchart.htm|archive-date=2009-01-16}} and in 2008, the high school had twice as many National Merit Scholarship winners as any other public school in the state.{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/shaker_students_score_national_1.html|title=Shaker students score National Merit Scholarships|last=Stephens|first=Scott|date=2008-05-12|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|access-date=2008-12-13}} This can possibly be explained in a 2009 survey of the school, which said that Shaker Heights High School "is really two schools – one school with students in an outstanding Advanced Placement program and one school with students with academic needs."{{cite web|url=http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/documents/qarPDF.pdf|title=Report of the Quality Assurance Review Team for Shaker Heights High School|year=2009|publisher=AdvancED Worldwide|page=9|access-date=23 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112092051/http://www.shaker.org/about/schools/high/documents/qarPDF.pdf|archive-date=12 January 2011}}

Private schools in the city include Laurel School, Hathaway Brown School, and the lower campus of University School. There is also a parochial school in Shaker, St. Dominic School.{{cite web|url=http://www.shakeronline.com/about/education/|title=About Shaker: Education|access-date=2008-01-21|publisher= Shaker Online}}

John Carroll University is partially located in Shaker Heights, with the university owning several residential and commercial properties in the city.{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2010/02/john_carroll_university_and_sh.html|title=John Carroll University and Shaker Heights reach off-campus housing accord|last=Jewell|first=Thomas|date=2010-02-25|publisher=Sun News|access-date=16 July 2010}} Additionally, Shaker Heights is in proximity to University Circle, which is home to Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

The {{nihongo|Japanese Language School of Cleveland|クリーブランド日本語補習校|Kurīburando Nihongo Hoshūkō}}, a weekend Japanese school, holds its classes at the Shaker Heights campus of the Laurel School.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/jlscweb.com/jlsc/school-info/profile|title=学校概要|publisher=Japanese Language School of Cleveland|accessdate=2022-02-11|quote=郵便宛先： JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF CLEVELAND C/o Laurel School 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH. 44122}}

Shaker Heights is the city of license for CBS affiliate WOIO, channel 19, which has its studios and offices in Cleveland.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WOIO|title=FCC Information:WOIO|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}

Shaker Heights news appears in the Cleveland daily newspaper, The Plain Dealer, as well as The Shakerite, the Shaker Heights High School student newspaper. The Sun Press, a weekly, provides local coverage of Shaker Heights and neighboring Beachwood, Cleveland Heights, and University Heights.{{cite web|url=http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SN|title=History of the Sun Newspapers|date=1997-06-30|access-date=2008-01-20|publisher=Case Western Reserve University}}

{{See also|RTA Rapid Transit}}

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Two light rail lines of the GCRTA pass through and terminate in Shaker Heights. The Blue Line cuts through the median of Van Aken Boulevard, while the Green Line cuts through the median of Shaker Boulevard. The Blue and Green lines provide direct rail service to Cleveland, and are each the direct successors of former streetcar services established in 1920 and 1913 respectively. The city of Shaker Heights directly owned and operated these Shaker Heights Rapid Transit services between 1944 and 1975.{{cite web|title=About RTA: History of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland|date=6 July 2017|url=http://www.riderta.com/history|access-date=2020-07-01|publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority}}

{{Main|List of people from Shaker Heights, Ohio}}

Shaker Heights is the hometown of How I Met Your Mother protagonist Ted Mosby (despite being attributed to Cleveland on occasion),{{cite news |last1=Morona |first1=Joey |title=Hulu's 'How I Met Your Father' lacks the fun and mystery of 'How I Met Your Mother' |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/01/hulus-how-i-met-your-father-lacks-the-fun-and-mystery-of-how-i-met-your-mother.html |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=cleveland |date=19 January 2022 |language=en}} Ward Cleaver from the TV series Leave it to Beaver,{{cite news |last1=Bona |first1=Marc |title=Ward Cleaver: Your 2 p.m. Buckeye Bits A&E trivia |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2013/03/ward_cleaver_your_2_pm_buckeye.html |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=cleveland |date=18 March 2013 |language=en}} and the World Wrestling Federation's Beverly Brothers.[https://www.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/most-boring-tag-teams "Are McGillicutty & Otunga really THAT boring? We don’t think so", from WWE.com]

The city is the principal setting for Celeste Ng’s book Little Fires Everywhere, as well as its TV adaptation.{{cite news |title=Shaker Heights From 'Little Fires Everywhere' Is A Real Place & It *Does* Have Strict Rules |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/shaker-heights-from-little-fires-everywhere-is-a-real-place-it-does-have-strict-rules-22646334 |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=Bustle |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Morona |first1=Joey |title=How much Cleveland is in Hulu's 'Little Fires Everywhere'? |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/03/how-much-cleveland-is-in-hulus-little-fires-everywhere.html |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=cleveland |date=23 March 2020 |language=en}}

Shaker Heights and its history are also the setting and a main plot point in No One's Home by D.M. Pulley.{{cite news |last1=DeMarco |first1=Laura |last2=Dealer |first2=The Plain |title=D.M. Pulley's 'No One's Home' a Gothic story of haunted Shaker Heights house, and families |url=https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/08/78303b431e3802/dm-pulleys-no-ones-home-a-gothic-story-of-haunted-shaker-heights-house-and-families-.html |access-date=7 April 2022 |work=cleveland |date=31 August 2019 |language=en}}

Shaker Heights is the setting of the song called "Frankenguest" in the musical Dear Edwina.

• Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
• The Battle of Shaker Heights (film set in Shaker Heights)

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• {{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Bruce T.|title=Shaker Heights|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2006|isbn=0-7385-4050-1}}
• {{cite book|last=Campen|first=Richard|title=Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights|publisher=Kent State University Press|year=1992|isbn=0-9601356-7-7}}

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{{wikivoyage|Shaker Heights}}

• [https://shakeronline.com/ City website]

{{Shaker Heights, Ohio}}

{{Cuyahoga County, Ohio}}

{{Geographic location

| North = Cleveland Heights, Ohio

| Northeast = University Heights, Ohio

| Center = Shaker Heights

| Northwest = Cleveland, Ohio

| West = Cleveland, Ohio

| East = Beachwood, Ohio

| Southeast = Highland Hills, Ohio

| South = Cleveland, Ohio and Warrensville Heights, Ohio

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Category:Cities in Ohio

Category:Cities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Category:Planned communities in the United States

Category:Populated places established in 1809

Category:Streetcar suburbs

Category:Populated places established in 1911

Category:Cleveland metropolitan area