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Electors of the newly created Richland met on May 11, 1858, and changed the name of their town to Richfield. The boundaries of Richfield included all of congressional township 28 Range 24 and parts of adjoining townships, which together contained about sixty-three square miles.
Long before suburban homes were built here, Richfield was characterized by its abundance of rich farmland (hence the name) as the Minneapolis and St. Paul area was beginning to grow. In 1908, Richfield officially became a city by adopting a President/Trustee form of government.
Richfield Historical Society collects, preserves, and shares the story of Richfield, Minnesota, from its time as a large rural township that encompassed much of south Minneapolis and many surrounding communities to its growth as a market farming center and its early development as a suburb.
Electors of the newly created Richland met on May 11, 1858, and changed the name of their town to Richfield. The boundaries of Richfield included all of congressional township 28 Range 24 and parts of adjoining townships, which together contained about sixty-three square miles.
Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. An inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis, Richfield is bordered by Minneapolis to the north, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and Fort Snelling to the east, Bloomington to the south, and Edina to the west. The population was 36,994 at the 2020 census. [3]
The Bartholomew family (eventually Keefe by marriage) lived on and farmed the property until 1962. The house was saved by a movement spearheaded by the Minnesota Valley Woman’s Club which formed the Richfield Historical Society in February 1967.
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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.