Brunswick, Ohio, United States

🇺🇸 Brunswick is the largest city in Medina County, Ohio, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Cleveland. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

History Brunswick was founded on January 1, 1815, and was named randomly in a naming contest after 🇩🇪 Braunschweig, Germany. It was incorporated as a village on February 1, 1960, and incorporated as a city on October 2, 1960. On June 23, 2014 a tornado hit Brunswick, and the tornado was rated a high-end EF1 or EF2.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.96 square miles (33.57 km²), of which 12.92 square miles (33.46 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) is water.

Demographics The population density was 2,651.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,023.7/km²). There were 13,600 housing units at an average density of 1,052.6 per square mile (406.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% White, 1.2% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.3%.

Of the 12,967 households 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.2% were non-families. 21.9% of households were one person and 7.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.07.

The median age was 39.1 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27% were from 25 to 44; 28.3% were from 45 to 64; and 11.9% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female.

Education Public education in Brunswick is administered by the Brunswick City School District, which operates seven elementary schools, one middle school, and Brunswick High School. Other schools in the city include St. Ambrose School, a Roman Catholic parochial school serving Kindergarten through 8th grade.

Brunswick University Center opened in 2011 as an extension of Cuyahoga Community College’s Western Campus in Parma.

Brunswick has a public library, a branch of Medina County District Library.

Media Brunswick is served by a daily newspaper, The Medina County Gazette which is published every day of the week except Sundays and a free weekly newspaper, The Brunswick Post which is published every Saturday. In addition, the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer occasionally cover the city and Medina County. Brunswick is served by numerous television and radio stations from both the Greater Cleveland, Greater Akron and Greater Canton areas.