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Area: 3.5 square miles in Cuyahoga County
Population: 864
Location: 18 miles southeast of Cleveland
Education:
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
Community Link:
The Village of Bentleyville
General: Characteristics: Variety of housing
selections and price ranges. Rural areas, rolling
hill neighborhoods to woodland retreats. The
Cleveland Metroparks South Chagrin Reservation is
located within the Village of Bentleyville. Bike
paths, hiking trails, horse paths and river
activities all can be found within the parks limits.
Information: Township Trustees, 11010 E.
Washington Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
440-543-7028
Bentleyville History: In 1831 a
minister of the Disciples of Christ, Adamson Bentley
came to the area and bought land at the junction of
the Aurora Branch and Chagrin River. He built a
sawmill and a gristmill, and in 1836 a clothing
store. He had disciples meetings in a log
schoolhouse. Others built a Triphammer shop, a
tannery shop, and developed a stone quarry, chair
and rake factories, and shops and stores. One of the
important early settlers was Ralph Russell, founder
of the North Union Shaker community in 1822.
In 1928, various proposals were suggested by the
village of Chagrin Falls to annex all of Chagrin
Falls Township. Some residents, opposed to the
annexation, wanted to separate and join Moreland
Hills. However, another group of citizens circulated
petitions for the formation of another village,
voted to secede, and created Bentleyville, a
separate incorporated village, in 1929.
The population of Bentleyville has grown from 180 in
1950 to 301 in 1960, 338 in 1970, and 381 in 1980.
Approximately 540 acres of the village are occupied
the South Chagrin Reservation of the MetroParks
System. Bentleyville was originally part of a
Chagrin Falls Township. There have been numerous
proposals to annex the village to Chagrin Falls,
Solon, or Moreland Hills, but its residents have
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