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MANSFIELD , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Richland county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., about 65 m . S.W. of See also:Cleveland . Pop . (1890), 13,473; (1900), 17,640, of whom 1781 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 20,768 . It is served by the See also:Pennsylvania (See also:Pittsburg, Ft See also:Wayne & See also:Chicago See also:division), the See also:Erie, and the See also:Baltimore & Ohio See also:railways . It is built on an See also:eminence (1150 ft.), and has two public parks, a substantial See also:court-See also:house, a soldiers' and sailors' memorial See also:building, a public library, a See also:hospital and many See also:fine residences . It is the seat of the Ohio See also:state reformatory . Mansfield has an extensive See also:trade with the surrounding agricultural See also:country, but its largest interests are in manufactures . The See also:total factory product in 1905 was valued at $7,353,578 . There are natural See also:gas See also:wells in the vicinity . The waterworks and the sewage disposal plant are owned and operated by the See also:municipality . Mansfield was laid out in 18o8, and was named in See also:honour of Lieut.-See also:Colonel Jared Mansfield (1759-1830), See also:United States surveyor of Ohio and the See also:North-See also:west Territory in 1803-1812, and See also:professor of natural and experimental See also:philosophy at West Point from 1812 to 1828 .
Mansfield was incorporated as a See also:village in 1828 and was first chartered as a city in 1857
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