1902
First home delivery of mail to North Olmsted residents by U.S. Post Office.
1904
First telephone installed in North Olmsted.
1905
Lorain Road became the first road paved with brick.
1909
Became a village called North Olmsted - because it was the northern most area of the Olmsted Township section of the western reserve.
First mayor was George Willet.
1913
Town Hall was erected.
1915
Jacob Flora was elected Marshall of The Village of North Olmsted.
Two-cell jail was located in the basement of Town Hall.
1920
Present Butternut Elementary School was completed to replace the original Butternut School.
1921
North Olmsted bus line established with the purchase of two buses. North Olmsted school held the first commencement exercise (24 graduated).
1923
Springvale Ballroom was built by Fred Biddulph on property just off Butternut Ridge Road.
North Olmsted Bank opened by George Dewey.
1924
March 4, North Olmsted Fire Department was created by village ordinance and J.T. Neiswinter was appointed the chief. Schrimshaw's Garage on Lorain Road housed the used Model T Ford fire truck. Village purchased 38 acres of land for North Olmsted Park on which they built the North Olmsted Cabin.
1925
North Olmsted Library opened as a branch of Cuyahoga Community Library, located in a upstairs room on the south-west corner of the Porter/Lorain intersection.
1926
North Olmsted Lumber was incorporated. North Olmsted Fire Department housed their first factory-made fire truck in Beebe and Elliott's garage on Lorain Road.
1927
North Olmsted Police Department purchased a Henderson motorcycle.
1928
Springvale Golf Course was first plotted.
1929
First auto sales and service agency established on Lorain Road to sell star cars for star six. Coe residence destroyed to make room for the widening of Lorain Road. North Olmsted Hardware was established. Original fire station and office building was constructed on Dover Center Road behind the original Town Hall (still exists today - was used by bus line).
1930
North Olmsted Police Department purchase a Harley Davidson motorcycle. North Olmsted Kiwanis Club chartered. North Olmsted Garden Club originated.
1933 Construction began for pavilion at the North Olmsted Community Cabin.
1947
North Olmsted Police Department purchase a Nash car equipped with an emergency stretcher and a mobile telephone unit. Radio telephones installed in the village police cars. May 1, three full time firemen were appointed to the North Olmsted Fire Department, which allowed the department to give the village 24 hour protection.
1950
St. Richard Church was dedicated, first catholic church in North Olmsted. North Olmsted auxiliary police was formed.
