The Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the

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, is an area consisting of one county – Richland – in north central

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, anchored by the city of

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. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 124,936. The MSA forms the eastern half of the Mansfield–Ashland–Bucyrus, OH CSA.

History

The Mansfield metropolitan area was first defined in 1971. Then known as the Mansfield Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (Mansfield SMSA), it consisted of a single county – Richland – and had a population of 129,997 in the 1970 census. By the

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

, the population had grown to 131,205. In 1983, the official name was shortened to the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (Mansfield MSA), which is still in use to date. The population had declined to 126,137 in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

. By the census of

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, the population had grown to 128,852.

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was added to the MSA in 1999. The two-county area had 175,818 residents in

. In 2003, Crawford County was removed from the Mansfield metropolitan area and was re-designated as the Bucyrus Micropolitan Statistical Area (Bucyrus μSA).

Communities

Cities

* Crestline (partial) *

Galion Galion ( ) is a city in Crawford, Morrow, and Richland counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 10,453 at the 2020 census. Galion is the second-largest city in Crawford County after Bucyrus. The Crawford County portion of Galio ...

(partial) *

(Principal city) *

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* Shelby

Villages

* Bellville *

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* Lexington *

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(partial) * Shiloh

Unincorporated places

* Olivesburg

Townships

Combined Statistical Area

The Mansfield– Ashland– Bucyrus Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in Northern Ohio. The statistical area includes one

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and two micropolitan areas. *Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) **Mansfield (Richland County) *Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) **Ashland ( Ashland County) **Bucyrus (

)

References

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