Cuyahoga Falls (/ˌkaɪəˈhoʊɡə/ KY-ə-HOH-gə or /ˌkaɪəˈhɒɡə/ KY-ə-HOG-ə) is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

Cuyahoga Falls was formed in 1812[6] near the junction of what was then Northampton, Stow, Tallmadge, and Portage townships.

The focus was the series of Cuyahoga River waterfalls that provided power for manufacturing.

In 1812, Kelsey and Wilcox built a dam on the Cuyahoga River at a place where a railroad bridge crossed it in 1876.

[7] The earliest settlers of Cuyahoga Falls included Joshua Stow and William Wetmore.

In 1815, a saw mill was operating near Gaylord's Grove, using power generated by a dam on the Cuyahoga River there.

The state legislature then intervened and put the location of the county seat up to a popular vote.

[11] In 1985, a referendum of merger between the city and neighboring Northampton Township was approved by local voters.

[12] Cuyahoga Falls had been founded as an industrial city, taking advantage of the river power.

Don Robart, mayor from 1986 to 2013, promoted the merger with Northampton Township because of the additional land that could be used for development.

Commercial development has also picked up, especially in the Howe Avenue area at the southern border of the city.

The city had one professional sports team, the Cuyahoga Falls Cougars, of the International Basketball League.

The Cathedral of Tomorrow, founded by televangelist Rex Humbard in 1958, was in Cuyahoga Falls.

METRO Regional Transit Authority provides bus service in the city.

The neighboring village of Silver Lake is also part of Cuyahoga Falls City Schools.