Asiatown | |
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Enclave | |
 Historic Chinatown, the 2100 block of Rockwell Avenue in Cleveland | |
| Coordinates: 41°30′31.8″N 81°40′49.5″W / 41.508833°N 81.680417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Cuyahoga |
| City | Cleveland |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | approximately 1,200[1] |
Asiatown, also spelled AsiaTown and formerly known as Chinatown, is a Chinatown located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Chinese people, brought to the country as railroad workers, established the area in the 1860s. The area became known as Chinatown in the 1920s, and was then centered at Rockwell Avenue and E. 22nd Street. Large numbers of non-Chinese people from Asia settled in the area in the 1960s and 1970s, leading to the enclave's expansion eastward. The expanded enclave was named Asiatown in 2006, with that portion on Rockwell Avenue often being referred to as "Old Chinatown" or "Historic Chinatown".
Asiatown straddles the boundary between the Downtown Cleveland and Goodrich–Kirtland Park neighborhoods.