MANSFIELD  , a

city and the county-seat of Richland county, Ohio, U.S.A., about 65 m . S.W. of Cleveland . Pop . (1890), 13,473; (1900), 17,640, of whom 1781 were foreign-born; (1910 census), 20,768 . It is served by the Pennsylvania (Pittsburg, Ft Wayne & Chicago division), the Erie, and the Baltimore & Ohio railways . It is built on an eminence (1150 ft.), and has two public parks, a substantial court-house, a soldiers' and sailors' memorial building, a public library, a hospital and many fine residences . It is the seat of the Ohio state reformatory . Mansfield has an extensive trade with the surrounding agricultural country, but its largest interests are in manufactures . The total factory product in 1905 was valued at $7,353,578 . There are natural gas wells in the vicinity . The waterworks and the sewage disposal plant are owned and operated by the municipality . Mansfield was laid out in 18o8, and was named in honour of Lieut.-Colonel Jared Mansfield (1759-1830), United States surveyor of Ohio and the North-west Territory in 1803-1812, and professor of natural and experimental philosophy at West Point from 1812 to 1828 .

Mansfield was incorporated as a

village in 1828 and was first chartered as a city in 1857 . It was the home of John Sherman from 184o until his death .