Wickliffe is a city in western Lake County, Ohio, United States.

[5] The city was named after Charles A. Wickliffe, 11th United States Postmaster General.

[7] It is landlocked due to the neighboring cities of Euclid and Willowick (to which it partially lent its name); it also borders Willoughby.

As of the census[11] of 2010, there were 12,646 people and 5,523 households living in the city, The population density was 2,745.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,059.9/km2).

The racial makeup of the city was 89.0% White, 5.3% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, and 3.7% from two or more races.

According to Census 2000 20.2% were of Italian, 13.6% German, 13.4% Irish, 9.4% Polish, 9.0% Slovene and 6.4% English ancestry.

[13] Coulby Mansion has sixteen rooms, seven fireplaces, a Tiffany skylight, hand-carved walnut moldings and paneling from Bohemia, and an extensive garden with fountains.

[13] The grounds have been formed into Coulby Park, the city's principal open area.

[15] It has trails, a pool facility, extensive playground equipment, and a pond stocked with fish.

Three of the parks, Featherston, Intihar and Jindra, were renamed to honor residents who died in military service.

The City Council consists of seven members, who are elected for four-year terms.

There is also a Roman Catholic school, Mater Dei Academy, founded in 2010, which offers education for children in pre-school through grade 8.

[18] Wickliffe High School, the associated athletic field, and Board of Education offices are located on the land occupied by the former estate of Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D.

The gunman, 37-year-old Keith A. Ledeger, was a former student at Wickliffe Middle School.

It was established in 1848 by the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Louis Amadeus Rappe.

The seminary was originally a high school built by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.

Wickliffe is home to the Telshe Yeshiva, an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva which originated in Telz, Lithuania, and moved to Wickliffe after Lithuania fell to the Nazis in World War II.