THE FIRST MAP OF CLEVELAND or “The Spafford Map,” is a manuscript map created on the townsite being surveyed by MOSES CLEAVELAND ’s party in September of 1796. Made from sections of paper pasted ...

The shapes of Cleveland's 15 new wards are now more or less defined. Driving the news: Cleveland City Council and consultants from the Triad Research Group released a draft map Tuesday at City Hall.

Because of federal law and a Cleveland city charter change going back to 2008, City Council has been tasked with redrawing the ward maps to account for a drop in population, which based on recent ...