Editing Canfield, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Texaco Station, Canfield, Ohio.jpg|thumb|left|A former [[Texaco]] gas station in Canfield]]

[[Canfield Township, Ohio|Canfield Township]] was established in 1798 as township number 1 in range 3 by purchase from the [[Connecticut Land Company]] in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]].<ref name="History of Canfield">{{cite web |url=https://canfield.gov/history-of-canfield/ |accessdate=September 13, 2021 |title=History of Canfield - City of Canfield}}</ref> It was purchased by six men, although the majority was owned by [[Judson Canfield]], a land agent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=39|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=23}}</ref> The township took his name in 1800. Canfield's first settlers arrived shortly after surveying was initiated in 1798, primarily from [[Connecticut]], although waves of [[German Americans|German]] immigrants around 1805 and [[Irish Americans|Irish]] around 1852 would occur.<ref name="History of Canfield"/> Goods were transported initially by horse and wagon about 55 miles (91&nbsp;km) from [[Pittsburgh]]; later, the Beaver Canal served as the primary method for commerce. By 1805, Canfield had approximately 17 homes, a store and a school; it became a trade center for the region.<ref name="History of Canfield"/>

Canfield was part of [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull County]] until 1846, when the counties in the area were redefined and Mahoning County emerged as a new county. Canfield was made the [[county seat]] in 1846 and incorporated in 1849, igniting a three decade-long feud with larger [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] on which should be the seat.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K90yAQAAMAAJ | title=Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County  | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=Sanderson, Thomas W. | year=1907 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K90yAQAAMAAJ/page/n178 184]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov/882/Courthouse-History|title = Courthouse History &#124; Mahoning County, OH}}</ref> The [[Ohio State Legislature]] voted to move the seat to Youngstown in 1874.<ref name="History of Canfield"/> After the removal of the seat of government, Canfield became the center of the farming community in central Mahoning County.<ref name="History of Canfield"/> It is home to many examples of [[classic revival]] architecture, such as the mid-19th century Charles Ruggles House and Judge Eben Newton House on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mahoning County, Ohio|National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="History of Canfield"/>