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Richfield was founded in 1809 and incorporated in 1967. [3] The village was named for the richness of their soil. [4] In 1970, Mayor Kenneth Swan signed an ordinance declaring Richfield Village the first "world city" in the United States. [5] Richfield was the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1974 until 1994. They played at the Coliseum at ...
Jul 25, 2017 · John W. Willey. The first mayor of Cleveland, John W. Willey served from 1836 to 1837. The first permanent bridge across the Cuyahoga River was built during his term. It connected Cleveland...
Biography. Born in New Hampshire, Willey was educated in Dartmouth, Massachusetts and studied law in New York. In 1822, he settled in Cleveland and began practicing law. He soon gained recognition as a witty debater, which earned him three years in the Ohio House of Representatives (1827–1830) and three more in the Ohio Senate (1830–1832 ...
The first settler in Richfield was a man by the name of Lancelot Mays, who arrived from Pennsylvania in 1809. He and his Family settled in the southwest part of town, later sold to John Bigelow in 1814.
Richfield Township is sixteen (16) miles south of Cleveland, Ohio and fifteen (15) northeast of Akron, Ohio with the major highways of Interstate 77, Interstate 271, Ohio Turnpike (I-80), State Route 303 (Streetsboro Road) and State Route 176 (Broadview Road) through the township.
In 1967, the Village of Richfield was formed and incorporated. The Village adopted a Charter, which allowed for the voting of a Mayor and seven council members. As of the 2010 census, we are a community of approximately 3,650 and growing. The community was founded on an agricultural basis.
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Year Name 1836-37 John W. Wiley 1836 Josiah Barber, Ohio City 1837, 1842 Francis A. Burrows, Ohio City 1838-39 Norman C.
