Parma Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.

Soon after, Township 6 - Range 13 was commonly referred to as "Greenbriar," supposedly for the rambling bush that grew there.

It was around that time that Greenbriar, under a newly organized government seat under Brooklyn Township, began attending to its own governmental needs.

[6] Self-government started to gain in popularity by the time the new Greenbriar settlement contained twenty householders.

This was largely due to Dr. David Long who had recently returned from Italy and "impressed with the grandeur and beauty...was reminded of Parma, Italy and...persuaded the early townspeople that the territory deserved a better name than Greenbriar.

It stated, On the same day, a public notice was issued to qualified electors by the County Commissioners.

They met at the house of Samuel Freeman on April 3, 1826 to elect township officers according to the law.

The first schoolhouse was a log structure built on the hill at the northern corner of what is now Parma Heights Cemetery.

More than 160 years ago, this house rested on one of the highest points in Cuyahoga County which provided visibility for the entire northeastern part of Parma Township.

This was also the same site that the Erie Indians, centuries before, also stood to read and send fire signals as well as pray to their spirits.

In December 1956, Parma Heights was incorporated as a city, under the administration of Roy F. Cappallo, Mayor.

On November 26, 2014, an early-morning fire destroyed the office of Mayor Mike Byrne and resulted in severe damage to city hall.

[15] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.19 square miles (10.85 km2), all land.

[16] 88.5% spoke English, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Romanian, 1.2% Italian, and 0.9% German and Hungarian.

[20] As of the 2010 United States Census,[21] there were 20,718 people, 9,534 households, and 5,298 families residing in the city.

Parma Heights is home to the Western Campus of Cuyahoga Community College.