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Elyria
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seat of Lorain County, Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Lorain
- Founded
- March 1817
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Total
- 20.81 sq mi (53.89 km )
- Land
- 20.55 sq mi (53.22 km )
- Water
- 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km )
- Elevation
- 709 ft (216 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 53,117
- Density
- 2,562.6/sq mi (989.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 44035, 44036, 44039, 44074
- Fips code
- 39-25256
- Website
- www .cityofelyria .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Elyria
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lorain County
- Population
- 52656
- Area
- 53.988506
- Elevation
- 218
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Lorain County
- Official website
- www.cityofelyria.org
- Image
- Elyria-ohio-ely-park.jpg
- Households
- 23136
- Dialing code
- 440
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- Commons category
- Elyria, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Elyria, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Elyria, Ohio
- inception
- 1817-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.3142
- different from
- Elyria
- per capita income
- 25201
- postal code
- 44036
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Encyclopedic overview
Elyria (/əˈlɪəriə/ ə-LEER-ee-ə) is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The city is at the forks of the Black River in Northeast Ohio. The population was 52,656 at the 2020 census. Located 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area and home to Lorain County Community College.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elyria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.