Editing Richfield, Minnesota (section)

===Boundary changes===
Today's boundaries differ markedly from those the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners set forth on April 10, 1858, when it established the towns of Richfield, Minneapolis, [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]] and [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]]. Richfield's boundaries included about 63 square miles. Richfield originally ranged to Minneapolis's Lake Street on the north, to what is now Highway 169 on the west, to Bloomington on the south, and to Fort Snelling and the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers on the east.<ref>Johnson, Fred, ''Richfield, Minnesota's Oldest Suburb'' 14, (Richfield: Richfield Historical Society Press). David J. Butler. "Did the Town of Richfield ever extend as far north as Franklin Avenue?" ''Richfield Historical Society Bulletin'', (Summer 2006):3-4. Balcom, ''Early Richfield History''</ref>
[[File:Plat of Lands in the City of Minneapolis Recently Annexed from the Village of Richfield Showing Proposed Zoning Regulations - DPLA - 7b4853eb2083080b79acee10f06a208f (cropped).jpg|thumb|393x393px|Plat of Lands in the City of Minneapolis Annexed from the Village of Richfield in 1927.]]
Parts of Richfield were later lost to neighboring towns or villages through annexation. An 1886 partition of Richfield created the village of St. Louis Park, and a division in 1889 produced the village of Edina. Minneapolis absorbed sizeable portions of Richfield through legislative action or annexations in 1867, 1883, 1887 and 1927. The growth of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport during the last half of the 20th century and additions of land to the Fort Snelling compound meant further reductions.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>