As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,280,122, making it the most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat is Cleveland. In 2014, the county's estimated population was 1,259,828. The county is named after the Iroquoian word Cuyahoga, which means 'crooked river'.
In 1902,Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800.
How presidents leave their mark on the Oval Office. The office where the president of the United States works is called the Oval Office, a reference to its unusual shape. But before 1909, the president worked in a different part of the building. It was President William Howard Taft who relocated the presidential desk to the Oval Office to work closer to his aides.