
That same year, the city was ranked as the fifth best place in the United States to raise a family, and the United States Conference of Mayors has voted the community one of “America’s most livable cities. In 2000, the community was Richland County’s largest population center, with 49,346 residents. Mansfield continued to prosper during the twentieth century. That same year, construction began on a prison facility. Mansfield’s largest employer was a cigar maker, Hautzenroeder & Company, with 285 employees in 1888. Dozens of manufacturing businesses operated in the town, producing doors, brass objects, linseed oil, suspenders, paper boxes, and numerous other items. In 1888, the town was a center of manufacturing and trade in north-central Ohio thanks to the four railroads that passed through the community. In 1880, 9,859 people resided in the town, and in 1890, 13,473 people lived there. Over the next forty years, Mansfield grew tremendously. In 1846, Mansfield contained two newspaper offices, twenty-three stores, and seven churches. This tremendous growth partly resulted from the completion of a railroad, connecting Mansfield with Sandusky, Ohio. By 1846, 2,330 people resided in Mansfield. Mansfield grew slowly, having just twenty houses and one store in 1817. Residents named the community after Jared Mansfield, the surveyor general of the United States. James Hedges, Jacob Newman, and Joseph Larwill established the town in 1808. Mansfield is the county seat of Richland County, Ohio. 0:29 The public is invited to comment on the Mansfield Police Department on Tuesday at Mansfield Council Chambers in the city administration building, 30 N. Police Department Civil Service Application Online Bill Pay Online Bill Pay Pay or File Taxes Pay/File Taxes Stay Notified Stay Notified Report A Concern Report A Concern How Do I How DO I Welcome t.
