East Liverpool, Ohio - Areas and Neighborhoods

Areas and Neighborhoods

• Downtown - East Liverpool's centralized business district, located on the "flats" in the river valley. Downtown is considered to lie between Ohio State Routes 7/11/39/U.S. Route 30 in the west, College and Walnut Streets in the east, West 2nd Street in the South and Moore and Grant Streets in the North. The heart of the business center during the first half of the nineteenth century was located between the Ohio River and 3rd Street. However, during the second half of the century as East Liverpool attracted more industry and the population grew, the center of business moved north between 4th and 6th Streets. Business remained near the river until the regional economic depression beginning in the 1960s. Building of the freeway resulted in the demolition of much of the original business center between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Only a few residents, a few small industries and the Broadway Wharf remain near 2nd Street and the river, both now geographically separated from Downtown by the highway.
• West End - The aptly-named western end of the city, all between the Ohio State Routes 7/11/39/U.S. Route 30 freeway in the east, Shadyside Road in the west, Riverside Park in the south and Hazel Street in the north. Until the freeway project in the 1960s and '70s, the West End was "connected" to Downtown. However, like the riverfront area of Downtown, it is now geographically isolated. It is home to East Liverpool Middle School and Patterson Field, the city's football stadium. The West End has two distinct small neighborhoods located within it:
  • Sunnyside - Between Lisbon and West 9th Streets to the south and Hazel Street in the north.
  • Jethro - South of West 8th Street between Gaston Avenue in the east and Edwards Street in the west. Before the rapid growth of the city in the second half of the nineteenth century, Jethro was a separate village. It was later incorporated into the city. Residents used to live in the low-lying area to its west known as Jethro Hollow, but most have since moved out due to flood risks.
• East End - The also aptly-named eastern end of the city. Even though East End is within the city limits, it is almost entirely isolated from the rest of East Liverpool, connected only by River Road and the freeway. East End is considered to be all of the flats between St. George and State Streets in the west and the border with Pennsylvania in the east. Similar to Jethro in the West End, East End originated as a few separate satellite communities that were absorbed by the growing city in the nineteenth century.
• Pleasant Heights - A neighborhood situated on top of a plateau above the West End to the south and the freeway to the east, Pleasant Heights surrounds Lisbon Street (Ohio State Route 267). Its southernmost point is the dead end of Oakwood Street and it extends north to Myler Road. Pleasant Heights was one of the several neighborhoods that resulted from East Liverpool's expansion "up the hill" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
• La Croft - Although the census-designated place of La Croft, Ohio lies directly outside of the city limits, part the area considered to be La Croft by locals extends into the city. Therefore, this portion of it can be considered a city neighborhood. The La Croft neighborhood extends along Lisbon Street from South Shadylane Drive out to the city limits. La Croft contains one small neighborhood within it:
  • Fisher Park - A self-contained neighborhood, all between South and North Shadylane Drives on the east side of Lisbon Street. Named for the Fisher Farm located in the area, the farm house can still be found along Lisbon Street as a private residence.
• Beechwood - The neighboorhood situated below Maine Boulevard between Anderson Boulevard and Park Way.
• Thompson - This neighborhood borders the east end of Downtown. It extends east from College and Walnut Streets and goes "up the hill" above the freeway. Its northern end is Morton and Bank Streets, and extends to the edge of the hill at Thompson Avenue and Vine Street.