Cleveland was originally named Cleaveland on July 22, 1796, when the surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company laid out the area into townships with a capital city named after their leader, General Moses Cleaveland. The spelling was later changed to "Cleveland" in 1831 so it could fit onto a newspaper~{!/~}s masthead. The construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which connected the city to the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico, brought rapid growth to the city. More growth came with railroad links, and Cleveland was incorporated as a city in 1836. Cleveland began to develop as a major manufacturing city, and experienced a boom following World War II.
When Cleveland experienced a decline in their manufacturing industry, their businesses began to develop into the service sector, as well as a tourism and convention destination. Cleveland is now the 40th largest city in America, and the most populous county in Ohio.
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