Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield | ||
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Nickname(s): The Field, the Queen of Ohio | ||
Motto: "The Heart of Ohio" | ||
Coordinates: 40°45′12″N 82°30′16″W / 40.75333°N 82.50444°W | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Ohio | |
County | Richland | |
Founded | June 11, 1808 | |
Incorporated | 1828 (village) | |
– | 1857 (city) | |
Government | ||
• Type | Mayor–council | |
• Mayor | Jodie Perry (R)
FIPS code 39-47138[3] | |
GNIS feature ID | 1086879[2] | |
Website | www.ci.mansfield.oh.us |
Mansfield is a city in and the
The city was founded in 1808 on a fork of the
The city anchors the
Anchored by the Richland Carousel District,[9] downtown Mansfield is home to a number of attractions and arts venues.[10] Concert events in the downtown Brickyard venue have drawn crowds numbering over 5,000 people.[11] Mansfield, in partnership with local and national partners, is addressing blight and economic stagnation in the city center.[12] The Renaissance Performing Arts Association at home in the historic Renaissance Theatre annually presents and produces Broadway-style productions, classical music, comedy, arts education programs, concerts, lectures, and family events to more than 50,000 people. The Renaissance Performing Arts is home of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra.[13] Downtown is also home to two ballet companies, NEOS Ballet Theatre and Richland Academy Dance Ensemble who both perform and offer community dance opportunities in downtown.[14][15] Mid-Ohio Opera offers performances of full opera and smaller concerts.[16][17][18]
History
Early history and founding
Mansfield was laid out and founded by James Hedges, Joseph Larwell, and Jacob Newman, and was platted in June 1808 as a settlement. It was named for Colonel Jared Mansfield, the United States Surveyor General who directed its planning.[19][20]
It was originally platted as a square, known today as the public square or Central Park.[19] During that same year of its founding, a log cabin was built by Samuel Martin on lot 97 (where the H.L. Reed building is now), making it the first and only house to be built in Mansfield in 1808.[19] Martin lived in the cabin during the winter and illegally sold whiskey to Indians, which compelled Martin to flee the country. James Cunningham moved into the cabin in the year of 1809.[21] At that time, there were less than a dozen settlers in Richland County and Ohio was still largely wilderness.[19]
Two
Dozens of manufacturing businesses operated in the city, producing goods like
20th and 21st centuries
By 1908, the blockhouse became a symbol of Mansfield's heritage during its 100th birthday celebration, and in 1929, the blockhouse was relocated to its present location at South Park.[19][23]
The Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company was founded in the city in 1912, producing tires for automobiles.[29]
During the 1920s and 1930s, the Mansfield tire brand stood shoulder to shoulder with Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone and Uniroyal, the "Big Four" tire name brands in the industry at the time.[29] The Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company continued to grow through the 1950s and 1960s, before its production started to decline in the 1970s.[29] The company declared bankruptcy in the early 1980s, after closing in 1979, leaving 1,721 workers out of a job.[29][30]
In 1913, parts of Mansfield were flooded when the
In 1927, the 9-story Leland Hotel was constructed downtown on the southwest corner of Park Avenue West and South Walnut Street at a cost of $556.000.[35] The Leland Hotel was the tallest building in Mansfield when completed, and was designed by architect Vernon Redding, that also designed the Mansfield Public Library, Farmers Bank Building, Mansfield Savings Bank Building and Mansfield General Hospital.[35] The hotel was razed in 1976 to make way for a parking lot.[35][36] What remains of the Leland Hotel today is the hotel's compass rose that was embedded in the sidewalk along Walnut Street where the front door of the hotel once was.[35]
Like many cities in the Rust Belt, the 1970s and 1980s brought urban blight, and losses of significant household name blue-collar manufacturing jobs.[37] In recent years, Mansfield's downtown, which once underscored the community's economic difficulties, has seen innovative revitalization through the establishment of Main Street Mansfield (known today as Downtown Mansfield, Inc.), and is a site of new business growth.[37][38] In 1993, Lydia Reid was sworn in as the city's first female mayor and became the longest-serving mayor of Mansfield encompassing three four-year terms.[39] Reid was succeeded in 2007 by Donald Culliver, the city's first black mayor.[40]
In December 2009, the city was placed on fiscal watch by the state auditor citing substantial deficit balances in structural operating general funds.[41] On August 19, 2010, Mansfield would become Ohio's largest city to be declared in fiscal emergency with a deficit of $3.8 million after city officials failed to pass measures on cost-savings and cut spending, blaming it on the Great Recession.[41][42] The city's financial crisis lasted nearly four years before being lifted out of fiscal emergency on July 9, 2014.[43]
Geography
Topography
Mansfield is located at 40°45′17″N 82°31′22″W / 40.75472°N 82.52278°W (40.754856, −82.522855),[44] directly between Columbus and Cleveland, however, the city lies in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, and its elevation is among the highest of Ohio cities. The highest point in the city 1,493 feet (455 m) above sea level is located at the Woodland Reservoir, an underground water storage (service reservoir) along Woodland Road in southwest Mansfield. The elevation in downtown Mansfield, which is located at Central Park is 1,240 feet (378 m) above sea level, and at Mansfield Lahm Airport, the elevation is 1,293 feet (394 m) above sea level.[45] The highest point in Richland County, second highest point in Ohio (after Campbell Hill) is between 1,510 feet (460 m) and 1,520 feet (463 m) above sea level is located southwest of the city, just off Lexington-Ontario Road at Apple Hill Orchards in Springfield Township.[46]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.92 square miles (80.08 km2), of which, 30.87 square miles (79.95 km2) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water.[47]
Mansfield 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.
Climate
Mansfield has a
The all-time record high temperature in Mansfield of 105 °F (41 °C) was established on July 21, 1934, which occurred during the
Climate data for Mansfield, Ohio (Mansfield Lahm Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1899–present[a] | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) |
74 (23) |
84 (29) |
87 (31) |
95 (35) |
101 (38) |
105 (41) |
103 (39) |
97 (36) |
90 (32) |
79 (26) |
73 (23) |
105 (41) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 57.5 (14.2) |
59.5 (15.3) |
69.7 (20.9) |
79.2 (26.2) |
85.9 (29.9) |
90.7 (32.6) |
90.8 (32.7) |
89.6 (32.0) |
87.4 (30.8) |
80.2 (26.8) |
68.1 (20.1) |
59.0 (15.0) |
92.1 (33.4) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.0 (1.1) |
37.0 (2.8) |
46.9 (8.3) |
60.4 (15.8) |
71.1 (21.7) |
79.4 (26.3) |
82.8 (28.2) |
81.2 (27.3) |
75.0 (23.9) |
62.8 (17.1) |
49.6 (9.8) |
38.6 (3.7) |
59.9 (15.5) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.5 (−3.1) |
29.1 (−1.6) |
37.8 (3.2) |
49.7 (9.8) |
60.3 (15.7) |
69.0 (20.6) |
72.6 (22.6) |
71.0 (21.7) |
64.4 (18.0) |
53.0 (11.7) |
41.5 (5.3) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
50.6 (10.3) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19.1 (−7.2) |
21.2 (−6.0) |
28.7 (−1.8) |
38.9 (3.8) |
49.6 (9.8) |
58.6 (14.8) |
62.3 (16.8) |
60.8 (16.0) |
53.7 (12.1) |
43.1 (6.2) |
33.4 (0.8) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
41.2 (5.1) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −2.3 (−19.1) |
2.1 (−16.6) |
10.2 (−12.1) |
23.4 (−4.8) |
34.8 (1.6) |
44.3 (6.8) |
51.2 (10.7) |
49.5 (9.7) |
39.7 (4.3) |
29.0 (−1.7) |
17.6 (−8.0) |
6.5 (−14.2) |
−5.3 (−20.7) |
Record low °F (°C) | −22 (−30) |
−21 (−29) |
−20 (−29) |
8 (−13) |
20 (−7) |
32 (0) |
40 (4) |
32 (0) |
22 (−6) |
17 (−8) |
−17 (−27) |
−20 (−29) |
−22 (−30) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.22 (82) |
2.53 (64) |
3.34 (85) |
4.27 (108) |
4.19 (106) |
4.79 (122) |
3.86 (98) |
3.60 (91) |
3.36 (85) |
3.16 (80) |
3.15 (80) |
3.02 (77) |
42.49 (1,079) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 14.5 (37) |
12.7 (32) |
7.6 (19) |
1.9 (4.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.5 (1.3) |
2.3 (5.8) |
9.7 (25) |
49.2 (125) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 15.8 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 152.6 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 11.3 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 39.3 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
76.1 | 73.5 | 70.7 | 65.2 | 68.0 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 74.8 | 74.8 | 70.2 | 74.8 | 78.0 | 72.4 |
Source: |
Demographics
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Demographic data from the 2020 Census is now available.(November 2021) |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1820 | 288 | — | |
1830 | 840 | 191.7% | |
1840 | 1,328 | 58.1% | |
1850 | 3,557 | 167.8% | |
1860 | 4,581 | 28.8% | |
1870 | 8,029 | 75.3% | |
1880 | 9,859 | 22.8% | |
1890 | 13,473 | 36.7% | |
1900 | 17,640 | 30.9% | |
1910 | 20,768 | 17.7% | |
1920 | 27,824 | 34.0% | |
1930 | 33,525 | 20.5% | |
1940 | 37,154 | 10.8% | |
1950 | 43,564 | 17.3% | |
1960 | 47,325 | 8.6% | |
1970 | 55,047 | 16.3% | |
1980 | 53,927 | −2.0% | |
1990 | 50,627 | −6.1% | |
2000 | 49,346 | −2.5% | |
2010 | 47,821 | −3.1% | |
2020 | 47,534 | −0.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[56] 2020 census[5] |
2010 census
As of the
There were 18,696 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.0% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.88.
The median age in the city was 38.5 years. 20.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 15.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.0% male and 47.0% female.
2000 census
As of the
There were 20,182 households, out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.93.[58]
In the city the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.[58]
The median income for a household in the city was $30,176, and the median income for a family was $37,541. Males had a median income of $30,861 versus $21,951 for females. The
Languages
As of 2000, speakers of English accounted for 95.98% of residents, Spanish by 1.46%, German by 1.11%, and French speakers comprised 0.56% of the population.[59]
Other languages that were spoken throughout the city include Chinese at 0.21%, Italian at 0.17%, Japanese at 0.11%, and Greek at 0.10% of the population.[59] Mansfield also has a small percentage of residents who speak first languages other than English at home (4.02%).[59]
Law and government
Mansfield has a
Mansfield city council is an eight-member legislative group that serve four-year terms. Six of the members represent specific wards; two are elected citywide as at-large council members.[60] Democrat Phillip Scott has been Mansfield's council president since January 2024.[61][62] The members of the city council are:
Ward | City Council Member | Ward | City Council Member |
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1st Ward | Laura Burns[63] | 5th Ward | Aurelio Diaz[64] |
2nd Ward | Cheryl Meier[65] | 6th Ward | Deborah Mount[66] |
3rd Ward | Eleazer Akuchie[67] | At-Large | David Falquette[68] |
4th Ward | Antoinette Daley[69] | At-Large | Stephanie Zader[70] |
The city is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Marilyn John (R) from the 76th district; in the Ohio Senate by Mark Romanchuk (R) from the 22nd Ohio Senate District; in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jim Jordan (R) from Ohio's 4th congressional district; and in the U.S. Senate by Sherrod Brown (D) and J. D. Vance (R).
Crime
The City of Mansfield is policed by a
Economy
Top Employers based in Mansfield, Ohio Source: Richland Community Development Group[73] | |||||
Rank | Company/Organization | # | |||
1 | OhioHealth (formerly MedCentral) | 2,500 | |||
2 | Richland County | 1,474 | |||
3 | Newman Technology | 1,100 | |||
4 | Jay Industries | 943 | |||
5 | Gorman-Rupp Company | 809 | |||
6 | CenturyLink
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800 | |||
7 | Therm-O-Disc
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721 | |||
8 | Mansfield Board of Education | 700 | |||
9 | DOFASCO Corp. (Copperweld) | 666 | |||
10 | Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) | 621 | |||
11 | City of Mansfield | 575 | |||
12 | Richland Correctional Institution (RICI) | 443 | |||
13 | AK Steel Corp.
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389 | |||
14 | School Specialty, Inc. | 381 | |||
15 | Walmart | 314 | |||
16 | Kroger | 300 | |||
17 | 179th Airlift Wing
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275 |
Mansfield's greatest period of industrial development was led by the city's
However, like many cities in the
With the loss of the jobs,
The city has sought to diversify its economy to become less dependent on its struggling
Mansfield is also home of three well-known food companies.
Film industry
From the 1950s through the 1970s, Mansfield was the home of the infamous Highway Safety Foundation, the organization that created the controversial driver's education scare films that featured gruesome film photography taken at fatal automobile accidents in the Mansfield area.[88] The films include Signal 30 (1959), Mechanized Death (1961), Wheels of Tragedy (1963), and Highways of Agony (1969). In addition, the Highway Safety Foundation produced other controversial education films including The Child Molester and Camera Surveillance (both 1964).
In 1962, The Highway Safety Foundation loaned camera equipment to the Mansfield Police Department to film the escapades of some of the city's homosexual men, who met for sexual relations in an underground public restroom on the north side of Central Park. The men filmed were charged under Ohio's sodomy law, and all served a minimum of one year in the state penitentiary. The resulting footage, combined with overdubbed audio commentary by officials of the Mansfield Police Department, was eventually compiled by HSF as the 1964 film
Mansfield has also been used as a location for several big-budget
Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), an American character actor who appeared in film and on television from 1950 to 1985, was born in Mansfield.
Escape Plan: The Extractors[90]
Culture
Annual events and fairs
The Mansfield/Mehock Relays, an annual two-day invitational track and field meet for high school boys and girls, held in April since 1927 (except for Second World War years), began on the initiative of Harry Mehock, track coach at host Mansfield Senior High School.
The
The Richland County Fair is also held in Mansfield, at the Richland County Fairgrounds.[92] The fair is held in the beginning of August. The fair started on October 26, 1849.[93] In 1872 and 1873, Mansfield also hosted the Ohio State Fair.[93] At the fair there are several rides, livestock judging.
Annual masterclasses given by world-famous master musicians are presented by
Historical structures and museums
Mansfield is home to the old
Most of the prison yard has now been demolished to make room for expansion of the adjacent Mansfield Correctional Institution and Richland Correctional Institution, but the Reformatory's Gothic-style Administration Building remains standing and due to its prominent use in films, has become a tourist attraction. The building is used during the Halloween season each year as a haunted attraction known as the "Haunted Reformatory". Many people visit Mansfield to take part in the haunted tour, some from as far as Michigan and Indiana.[96][97]
Located in the heart of downtown, the Mansfield Memorial Museum, built in 1887, and opened to the public in 1889 as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, is a museum of many different exhibits.[98]
Parks and outdoor attractions
Mansfield has 33 parks ranging in size from the one-half-acre (2,000 m2) Betzstone Park to the 35-acre (140,000 m2) South Park.[102] There are also several public golf courses in and around the city. These include Coolridge Golf Course, Forest Hills, Oaktree, Twin Lakes and Wooldridge Woods Golf and Swim Club.[103]
Located in downtown Mansfield's Historic Carousel District is the Richland Carousel Park, opened in 1991. It is the first hand-carved indoor wooden carousel to be built and operated in the United States since the early 1930s. It was built by Carousel Works Inc.[104][105] Kingwood Center, a 47-acre (19 ha) estate and gardens, is the former home of Ohio Brass industrialist Charles Kelly King.[106][107] Snow Trails Ski Resort is Ohio's oldest ski resort, opened in 1961, and highest at 1,475 feet (450 m). With 16 runs, it is one of the few skiing locations in Ohio.[108]
The Richland B&O Bike Trail, opened in 1995 and operated by the Richland County Park District, is a paved 18.3-mile (29.5 km) hiking and bicycle trail laid out on the abandoned Baltimore & Ohio rail branch line from Butler via Bellville and Lexington to North Lake Park in Mansfield.[109]
Performing arts
The
Mid-Ohio Opera is an opera production company based in downtown Mansfield, Ohio. Started in 2014, Mid-Ohio Opera produces operas and classical vocal concerts in the original languages.[111]
The 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.[112]
Safety Town
In 2018 the city celebrated the 80th anniversary of Safety Town, a free program developed in Mansfield for pre-kindergarten children about pedestrian safety. Over the years the program, through the efforts of the National Safety Town Center, has been improved to include all aspects of child safety. Programs operate in over 4,000 communities in the US and 38 other countries.
Media
Mansfield is served in print by the Mansfield News Journal, the city's daily traditional newspaper,[113] and the Richland Source, a digital newspaper.[114]
A defunct newspaper is the Mansfield Shield, which ran from 1892 to 1912 as the Mansfield Daily Shield, and then from 1912 to 1913 as the Mansfield Shield.[115]
TV
The Mid-Ohio region—which encompasses Mansfield—has only one locally targeted full power television station, which is WMFD-TV 68, the first independent digital station in America.[116] The station provides Mid-Oho focused newscasts, local interest shows, and high school sports telecasts.
Mansfield—being halfway between Cleveland and Columbus—is also served (albeit at a fringe level) by stations in those markets as well.
Radio
Music stations in the Mansfield/Ashland (Mid-Ohio) area include
Mansfield's first AM-radio station (1926) was WLGV (later WJW Mansfield). The Mansfield studio and transmitter were on the ninth floor of the Richland Trust Building. WJW moved to Akron in 1932. The WJW call letters were later reassigned WJW, based in Cleveland (now WKNR).
Education
Mansfield is home to three institutions of higher learning. The
The Mayor's Education Task Force was founded created in October 2008 in a response to the district's academic emergency status and low community support for the Mansfield City Public School system.[122]
OSU-Mansfield, in 1989, hosted a
Libraries
The Mansfield/Richland County Public Library (M/RCPL) has been serving residents of north-central Ohio since 1887.[124] The system has nine branches throughout Richland County including the main library in downtown Mansfield and locations in Bellville, Butler, Crestview, Lexington, Lucas, Madison Township, Ontario, and Plymouth.
Transportation
Highways and roads
Mansfield is located on a major east–west highway corridor that was originally known in the early 1900s as "Ohio Market Route 3". This route was chosen in 1913 to become part of the historic Lincoln Highway which was the first road across America, connecting New York City to San Francisco. The arrival of the Lincoln Highway to Mansfield was a major influence on the development of the city. Upon the advent of the federal numbered highway system in 1928, the Lincoln Highway through Mansfield on Park Avenue East and Park Avenue West became U.S. Route 30.
On September 1, 1928, the Lincoln Highway was marked coast-to-coast with approximately 3000 concrete posts set by the Boy Scouts of America. Each post featured a medallion of Abraham Lincoln's profile. One of these concrete markers was erected at curbside in front of Central Methodist Episcopal Church, 378 Park Avenue West. It now stands in downtown's Central Park, on Park Avenue's center divider. The Lincoln Highway Association observed the highway's centennial in June 2013. The celebration's eastern transcontinental tour group visited Mansfield for an overnight stay on June 25 at the Holiday Inn on Park Avenue West, the highway's route through the city.
Mansfield is connected to the
One limited-access highway serves Mansfield. U.S. Route 30, which carries the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway along its length through the city has several local highway exits from U.S. Route 30 connects Mansfield to Bucyrus, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and points west, and to Wooster, Ohio, Canton, Ohio, and points east.
Two divided highways serve Mansfield. Ohio 309, which connects travelers from the major shopping area of the suburban city of Ontario and points west, and continues east into Mansfield before it merges into U.S. Route 30. Ohio 13 turns into a four-lane divided highway at South Main Street and Chilton Avenue and runs 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Interstate 71 (full-access interchange) and runs another 3.7 miles (6.0 km) and turns back into a two-lane highway just 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bellville.
The city has several arterial roads. U.S. Route 42 (Ashland Road and Lexington Avenue), North U.S. Route 42 downtown (South Main Street, East 2nd Street, Hedges Street and Park Avenue East), South U.S. Route 42 downtown (Park Avenue East, Hedges Street, East 1st Street and South Main Street), Ohio 13 (North Main Street and South Main Street), North Ohio 13 downtown (East 2nd Street, South Diamond Street and North Diamond Street), South Ohio 13 downtown (West 5th Street, North Mulberry Street, South Mulberry Street and West 1st Street), Ohio 39 (Springmill Street, North Mulberry Street, West 5th Street, East 5th Street, Park Avenue East and Lucas Road), Ohio 430 (Park Avenue East and Park Avenue West), and Ohio 545 (Wayne Street and Olivesburg Road).[103]
Designated truck routes known as Truck U.S. Route 42/Truck Ohio 430 (Adams Street and East 5th Street) exist around the downtown area for semi-tractor-trailer trucks due to the 12 ft (3.7 m) height clearance at the Norfolk Southern Railway subway overpass (also known to locals as the Park Avenue East underpass or the subway) that was constructed in 1924 passes over U.S. Route 42/Ohio 430 (Park Avenue East).[125] According to city officials, trucks that happen to be over 12 ft (3.7 m) get stuck under the subway about five to six times a year on average due to not following advanced warning signage.[125] Ohio 13 also has a truck route known as Truck Ohio 13 north (East 1st Street, Adams Street and East 5th Street) and Truck Ohio 13 south (East 5th Street, Adams Street and East 2nd Street) to help keep semi-truck traffic out of downtown Mansfield's Historic Carousel District.
Public transportation
The Richland County Transit (RCT) operates local bus service five days a week, except for Saturdays and Sundays. The RCT bus line operates 9 fixed routes within the cities of Mansfield and Ontario along with fixed routes extending into the city of Shelby and Madison Township.[126] Mansfield Checker Cab operates local and regional taxi service 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[127] C & D Taxi also operates local and regional taxi service (Richland and Ashland Counties) seven days a week.
Airports
Downtown Mansfield 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. Akron–Canton Airport is located closer to Mansfield, but does not have any international flights unlike Columbus and Cleveland.
Railroads
Three railroads previously served Mansfield, but currently only two, the
The Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad opened in 1846 and became part of the Washington-Chicago main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) and then later part of a B&O branch line from Newark to Sandusky. In 1849 the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (later Pennsylvania Railroad mainline) reached Mansfield, and in 1863 the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad (later Erie Railroad mainline) reached Mansfield.
Passenger services operating into the opening of the 1970s were the
After the B&O branch line was abandoned, the 18.3-mile (29.5 km) section from Butler to North Lake Park in Mansfield was opened in 1995 as the recreational Richland B&O Trail.[109] The former B&O track from Mansfield to Willard combined with a piece of the abandoned Erie Railroad east of Mansfield to West Salem to form the L-shaped 56.5-mile (90.9 km) Ashland Railway (1986). A spur of the abandoned Erie Railroad leads west 5 miles (8.0 km) to Ontario to what used to be the General Motors metal stamping plant there.
Special interest
- In 1962, the Mansfield Police Department conducted a sting operation in which they covertly filmed men having sex in the public restroom underneath Central Park. Thirty eight men were convicted and jailed for sodomy. After the arrest, the city closed the restrooms and filled them in with dirt. The police later made a training film of the footage. The artist William E. Jones used the original footage in his 2007 film Tearoom.[131]
- Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer and conservationist, is considered to be from Mansfield.[132]
Sister cities
Mansfield has sister city relationships with:[133]
- – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom[134]
- – Tamura, Fukushima, Japan
See also
Notes
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External links
- Official website
- Mansfield/Richland County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Mansfield travel guide from Wikivoyage