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Welcome to Sorrento ...

Sorrento is located in Cuyahoga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sorrento, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Sorrento is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sorrento lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Sorrento ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Sorrento - they are located in British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine and Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sorrento.

Communities near Sorrento ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sorrento.

  • Cleveland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Parma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <3>
  • Lakewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Euclid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <3>
  • Strongsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleveland Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Westlake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • North Olmsted
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • North Royalton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sorrento. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sorrento.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sorrento. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sorrento.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sorrento. See our Newspapers Page for Sorrento.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sorrento ...

Looking for more information about Sorrento? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sorrento, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sorrento.

Adding Sorrento to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sorrento in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sorrento was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sorrento post office opened in 1899. The Sorrento post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sorrento.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Cuyahoga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sorrento - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/