Editing Mansfield, Missouri (section)

== Notable people ==
In 1894, [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], along with her husband, [[Almanzo Wilder|Almanzo]], and their daughter [[Rose Wilder Lane|Rose]] moved from [[South Dakota]] to Mansfield. They remained in the area for the next 60 years and established Rocky Ridge Farm, a large, successful poultry, dairy, and fruit farm on the outskirts of town. Today, their unique 10-room farmhouse is a [[National Historic Landmark]], and the home of the [[Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum]], which attracts thousands of visitors to Mansfield each year. The Wilders also lived for a time in the Rock House built for them by their daughter Rose.

As a young man, future actor [[Ken Osmond]], of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'',  was a neighbor of the Wilders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-author-lived-next-door-to-eddie-haskell-from-leave-it-to-beaver.html/ |title='Little House on the Prairie' Author Lived Next Door To Eddie Haskell From 'Leave It to Beaver' |access-date=February 15, 2021 }}</ref>
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File:Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Mansfield, MO IMG 1758.JPG|Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Mansfield
File:LauraIngallsWilder-RockyRidgeFarm-MansfieldMO.JPG|Rocky Ridge Farm
File:Rock House, Mansfield, MO IMG 1756 (2).JPG|Rock House at Wilder complex
</gallery>

Evangelical theologian [[Timothy Paul Jones]] was born in Mansfield, Missouri.<ref>Jones, Timothy Paul. (2003). An analysis of the relationship between Fowlerian stage-development and self-assessed maturity in Christian faithfulness among evangelical Christians. Dissertation. https://repository.sbts.edu/bitstream/handle/10392/243/3120603.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y</ref>