Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: People from Mansfield, Ohio, Frank Purdy Lahm, Sherrod Brown, Robert F. Simon, Don Nehlen, Michael McConnohie, Luke Perry, Matthias W. Day, Mark Matthews, Michael L. Gernhardt, Bruce B. Jefferson, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Donald Culliver, Wild Bill Shrewsberry, Stacy Dittrich, Ohio State Reformatory, Pete Henry, Robert Byington Mitchell, Louis Bromfield, Mansfield City School District, Paul Gilger, Richard Colvin Cox, Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, List of people from Mansfield, Ohio, Martha Mansfield, Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Sylvia McNair, Jay Goyal, Renaissance Theatre (Mansfield, Ohio), Hugh Douglas, St. Peter's High School (Mansfield, Ohio), John Bishop, Kingwood Center, Lee Adams, Mansfield Art Center, Jacob Brinkerhoff, Elektro, Ted Wood, Ricky Minard, Oak Hill Cottage, Mansfield News Journal, Winfield S. Kerr, Mansfield Senior High School, Gorman-Rupp Company, Michael D. Harter, Marc Wilkins, St. Mary's Catholic School, Mansfield, Ohio, Terry Hertzler, Lydia Reid, Ernie Beam, Mansfield Christian School, William Johnston, Homer Lee, William Patterson, B. F. Langworthy, Lovana Jones, Therm-O-Disc, Dick Logan, Samuel Lewis House (Mansfield, Ohio). Excerpt: Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately 80 miles (129 km) southwest of Cleveland and 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Columbus. It was founded in 1808 on a fork of the Mohican River in a hilly region surrounded by fertile farmlands, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location with numerous railroad lines. After the decline of heavy manufacturing, the city's industry has since diversified into a service economy, including retailing...