About
Mayfield Village
Country : United
States of America
State : Ohio
County : Cuyahoga
Population:3.435
(census 2000)
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Mayfield
Village is an eastern suburb in the Cleveland metropolitan area, located
about 14 miles from the city center. It was one of several settlements
within Mayfield Township until 1921, when voters elected to subdivide the
township into four independently governed villages.
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The
first settlers here were several families from Ontario County in New York,
arriving in 1805. Farming, dairy and orchard-growing interests remained
the keystone of the local economy into the 20th century.
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The
security of employment opportunities in Cleveland’s thriving factories
caused a gradual decline in population after 1850, but the situation would
eventually reverse with the metropolitan expansion following the Great
Depression and World War II arriving at the village gates. By then the
village had adopted zoning ordinances that limited industrial and commercial
land use in favor of development as a residential community.
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Mayfield
Village is a small community of just over 4 square miles (11 square kilometers)
in size. However the village is rich in beauty and recreational facilities,
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which
include a portion of the scenic North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland
MetroParks System together with a public golf course and racquet club.
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The
bandstand at Mayfield Village is located at what has always been the main
crossroads of the town.
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Today
that intersection includes the town hall,
some
of the older historic buildings in the
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community
(including a church and school), and a busy shopping center.
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The bandstand site is
in a small park adjacent to the town hall. It is one of the newer additions
to the cultural life in Mayfield, having been built in 1990. A summer series
of concerts are now held here regularly, and the bandstand also serves
as a meeting place for other community festivities. It is seasonally decorated
and shown here is a Christmas choral program by the village schoolchildren
that is part of the tree lighting ceremonies held each Christmastime at
the bandstand.
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Crédits
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Links
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Pictures
and information
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Vic Cooke
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pbase Artist
Vic Cooke
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To see it
on Google-Earth
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Lattitude
: 41.5392
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Longitude
: -81.4392
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