MANSFIELD

city, seat (1808) of Richland county, north-central Ohio, U.S., on a fork of the Mohican River. Laid out in 1808, it was named for Jared Mansfield, U.S. surveyor general. The arrival of the Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad (1846; now Baltimore and Ohio), followed by the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne, and Chicago Railway (1849; now Penn Central) and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway (1863; now Erie Lackawanna), stimulated Mansfield's economy. The city's diversified manufactures now include electric appliances, automotive parts, sheet steel, plumbing equipment, pumps, and thermostats. A branch of Ohio State University is in the city. Notable features of Mansfield include Kingwood Center (the French Provincial mansion of industrialist Charles Kelly King) and Gardens; a log blockhouse from the War of 1812; a monument to John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), who lived there for nearly 20 years; and the Richland County Museum. The nearby Malabar Farm (preserved within a state park) was created as an agricultural showcase by novelist Louis Bromfield (18961956), who was born in Mansfield. The city is a noted winter-sports centre and is the site of the annual Ohio Ski Carnival. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is also nearby. Inc. town, 1828; city, 1857. Pop. (1990) city, 50,627; Mansfield MSA, 126,137. town (township), Tolland county, northeastern Connecticut, U.S. It lies just north of Willimantic city. Settled in 1686, it was originally part of Windham, known as Ponde Town. In 1702 it was incorporated as a separate town and renamed for Major Moses Mansfield, an early settler. A busy manufacturing centre noted for its production of raw silk in the first half of the 19th century and for its silk mills, Mansfield has become a residential, agricultural, and educational community. It includes the villages of Gurleyville, Merrow, Eagleville, and Storrs (site of the main campus of the University of Connecticut, founded 1881). Area 44 square miles (115 square km). Pop. (1990) 21,103; (1996 est.) 18,958. town and district, administrative and historic county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the River Maun. Mansfield was the chief town of Sherwood Forestthe legendary base for the activities of Robin Hood, the medieval robber and popular heroand the forest court was held in the town's Moot Hall (built 1752). The population of Mansfield grew with the 19th-century expansion of coal mining and the hosiery industry, and both remain major local employers of labour. Hard red and white sandstone quarried near the town of Mansfield Woodhouse, 2 miles (3 km) north of Mansfield, was used to build the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. The district also includes the town of Warsop and part of Sherwood Forest. Area district, 30 square miles (77 square km). Pop. (1991) town, 71,858; (1998 est.) district, 99,300.