Cleveland is a town in Emery County, Utah. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 464, down from 508 at the 2000 census.GeographyCleveland is located in northwestern Emery County in a swale of land between the mountains and the desert. It is 7mi east of Huntington, south of Price, and northeast of Castle Dale, the Emery County seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Cleveland has a total area of 2.2sqkm, all land.HistoryCleveland was first settled in 1884 by Samuel Nelson Alger and Henry Sr. These two men took up homesteading, and soon afterwards 25 families joined them. Firm roots began to take hold, and gradually with hard work and persistence, Cleveland began to grow. These families were typically pioneers. Cleveland was named after Grover Cleveland, President of the United States in the 1880s.The "old timers" claim that farms within the boundaries of Cleveland require less water than other farms in Emery County and had the most productive ground. Many of the founding fathers came to Cleveland because of good reports of plentiful grass and good homesteading. The reason that Cleveland was not settled sooner was the lack of a sufficient water source and supply.In 1890, a log school with plank benches was built but was outgrown by 1893 when a frame building was built. Later a two-story section was added. The adobe brick school was built in 1912. Harry B. Mortensen and C. Leslie Bennett were instrumental in getting sports, music, and speech programs started for school students. A new school was built in 1976 and remodeled in 1989.
