19 Facts About Mansfield Ohio

Mid-Mansfield Ohio Opera offers performances of full opera and smaller concerts.

Mansfield Ohio was laid out and founded by James Hedges, Joseph Larwell, and Jacob Newman, and was platted in June 1808 as a settlement.

In 1913, parts of Mansfield were flooded when the Great Flood of 1913 brought 3 to 8 inches of rainfall across Ohio between March 24 and 25.

In recent years, Mansfield Ohio's downtown, which once underscored the community's economic difficulties, has seen innovative revitalization through the establishment of Main Street Mansfield Ohio, and is a site of new business growth.

Mansfield Ohio is bordered by Madison Township to the east, northwest and southwest, Franklin Township to the north, Weller Township to the northeast, Washington Township to the south, Troy Township to the southwest, Springfield Township and the suburban city of Ontario to the west.

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Mansfield Ohio has a humid continental climate, typical of the Midwest, with four distinct seasons.

Mansfield Ohio city council is an eight-member legislative group that serve four-year terms.

City of Mansfield Ohio is policed by a Municipal Police Department, the Mansfield Ohio Division of Police.

However, like many cities in the rust belt, Mansfield Ohio experienced a large decline in its manufacturing and retail sectors.

Many people visit Mansfield Ohio to take part in the haunted tour, some from as far as Michigan and Indiana.

Oak Hill Cottage, located amongst the ruins of Mansfield Ohio's once mighty industrial district, is a Gothic Revival brick house, built in 1847.

Mansfield Ohio has 33 parks ranging in size from the one-half-acre Betzstone Park to the 35-acre South Park.

Downtown area is the home of the Mansfield Playhouse, founded in 1929 is Ohio's second oldest, and one of its most successful, community theatres.

Mansfield Ohio is served electronically by Richland Source, a strictly digital newspaper.

Mansfield Ohio is served in print by the Mansfield Ohio News Journal, the city's only daily newspaper.

Mansfield Ohio is part of the greater Cleveland radio and television media markets.

The arrival of the Lincoln Highway to Mansfield Ohio was a major influence on the development of the city.

Mansfield Ohio 13 turns into a four-lane divided highway at South Main Street and Chilton Avenue and runs 3.

Downtown Mansfield Ohio is roughly centrally located between both John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, both of which offering moderate choices for commercial flights.