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Nov 2, 2020 · It was always intended to call the village Richfield but instead, it came to be known as Maxfield’s to all those who knew of it. In 1871, the area Agricultural Society declared the farm of Simeon R. Billings of Richfield Township the best of Genesee County.
The Village of Richfield, originally the home of the Menomonee and Potawatomi people, is located in the south-central Washington County. These areas were ceded by treaties ratified in 1831, by the Menomonee and 1833, by the Potawatomi to the United States.
The first white settler of Richfield arrived in 1809: a man called Lancelot Mays. He came with his family seeking to get away from civilization.
- Early Richfield
- A Maturing Village
- Post World War II Suburban Development
- Notes
In the 1820s, some small settlements developed around Fort Snelling. By the late 1830s, the fortress served as a destination for newcomers—lumbermen, missionaries, farmers, traders and travelers—migrating to the borderlands people were now calling “Minisota.” Fort Snelling's garrison made up the bulk of the area's population, along with Henry Sible...
Market gardening industry founded
Several innovative agriculturalists founded the community's market gardening industryin the 1870s and 1880s—Richfield's trademark for the coming century. In 1885 Hattie and Henry Bachman bought 4 acres (16,000 m2) near 61st and Lyndale, close to the Minneapolis border, and started their own business. Using money Hattie earned as a seamstress, they bought horses to clear the land and, that spring, planted potatoes, lettuce, onions and squash. South Minneapolis was almost fully subdivided as th...
Disturbing infrastructure issues critical to the village's future confronted the people of postwar Richfield. The village lacked classroom space and a senior high school, it had no movie theater, no bowling alley, no baseball or football field, no swimming beach, it had no city water supply or storm and sanitary sewer systems, and it faced loss of ...
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Aug 10, 2011 · Despite residents agreeing to incorporate, it took 16 more years before Richfield became a village. The next move to annex land to Minneapolis came from the citizens of north Richfield...
- Alison Nowak
In 1908, Richfield became a village. From 1908 until 1950, Richfield's local government consisted of a president , three trustees , and a city clerk . On November 7, 1950, residents voted for a city-manager form of government, meaning the city had a mayor , four council members, and a city manager .
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Richfield didn't stay big for long. In 1886 St. Louis Park became a separate village, and in 1889 what was called "west Richfield" became Edina.
