Use this page for information about Lakewood, Ohio in the Lakewood Main Library and on the Internet. Use the next page for other communities on the Internet and information about how communities work.

City of Lakewood  Basic facts, city government, institutions, civic organizations and so on.

Facticity - also from the City home page. An A-to-Z subject list about Lakewood where you can find some facts and figures, e.g., population. For other current data on the city, ask at the Reference Desk. You can also find some facts about the city at the Cleveland.com community page for Lakewood.

Lakewood Lore Online - reprints of articles by local historian Dan Chabek that have appeared in the Lakewood Sun Post since 1988. There are articles on pioneer times, on notable residents from early days to the present time, streets, buildings, businesses and institutions. Scan the Table of Contents or the Proper Name Index for information on your area of research.

Yesterday's Lakewood: Images of Lakewood, Ohio. Photographs of Lakewood, from Cleveland State University.

Local History Resources at the library. A listing of our books on Lakewood history.

Newspapers: The library carries the Lakewood Sun Post weekly. Older issues of the paper and its predecessors to September 27, 1917 are on microfilm. There is no index to the paper so you need to have an approximate date. The library also has the Cleveland Press (on microfilm 1970-June, 1982) and the Plain Dealer (on microfilm 1968-present, last couple of months in hard copy.) Use the Cleveland News Index to search for older articles on Lakewood in the PD.

News online: See Lakewood Buzz.com

City Directories: Lakewood and Cleveland City Directories. Good for tracing addresses.

Lakewood High School yearbook, The Cinema.

Local History Files and Local Pamphlets. Newspaper articles, pamphlets, and other uncataloged materials are arranged by subject in the Files. There are some historical photographs as well. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.

A history of the Lakewood Public Library building.

The Lakewood Historical Society page has information on the Oldest Stone House and the Nicholson House. The Historical Society has a great deal of information at the Oldest Stone House Museum. See also Artifacts: Articles from the Lakewood Historical Society Newsletter.

Some background information on Lakewood churches and denominations in Lakewood.

Housing and community development information for Lakewood from HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development).