Mansfield, Ohio

 city, municipality, county seat

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Alleghenies, approximately 80 miles (129 km) southwest of Cleveland and 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Columbus.

Mansfield was first settled in 1808 by Europeans and was named after Jared Mansfield, the U.S. surveyor-general who directed its planning. It was incorporated as a village in 1828 and as a city in 1857. The area that is now Richland County, so named for the descriptive of the fertile soil. During the War of 1812, the first courthouse of Richland County was one of two blockhouses erected on the downtown public square. The railroads came to the city in 1846, followed by the first road across America, the Lincoln Highway in 1913, smoothing the path for economic growth.

Mansfield is home to the Richland Carrousel Park, the Ohio State Reformatory (aka Mansfield Reformatory), Mansfield Motorsports Park, and Oak Hill Cottage.

Website: www.ci.mansfield.oh.us/