cleveland | governingbody | cleveland_city_council <sep> cleveland ( kleev-lənd), officially the city of cleveland, is a city in the us state of ohio and the county seat of cuyahoga county located in northeast ohio along the southern shore of lake erie, it is situated across the us maritime border with canada and lies approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of pennsylvania the largest city on lake erie and one of the major cities of the great lakes region, cleveland ranks as the second-largest city in ohio and 54th-largest city in the us 
cleveland's governing body is cleveland city council.cleveland city is the second-largest city in ohio and 54th-largest city in the u.s.