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Bedford began as part of Connecticut's Western Reserve in 1797, when surveyors Seth Pease and Amzi Atwater laid out the land that became Bedford Township as Township 6, Range 11.

Bedford Township was officially founded in 1823 and was named by Daniel Benedict, who came from Bedford, New York.

The village of Bedford was incorporated on March 15, 1837, and local businessman Hezekiah Dunham and his wife Clarissa donated three acres for a public square to be “used as a public square forever.”

Early settlers were drawn to the waterfalls on Tinkers Creek, and the township's first mill was built at the creek's mouth in 1815.

The Great Falls of Tinker's Creek lie within Bedford's city limits inside the Bedford Reservation, where the creek's gorge has been designated a National Natural Landmark.

Before the railroads, Bedford was an important stagecoach stop on the main route between Pittsburgh and Cleveland — the route still followed today by State Route 14, known in the city as Broadway Avenue.

Benjamin Franklin Fitch founded the Taylor Chair Company in Bedford in 1816; it did not close until 2012, making it the longest-running manufacturing company in the Western Reserve.

Bedford carries the nickname “Bedford Falls,” a nod to the fictional town in the Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life.

The Bedford Automile, formally organized by the city's car dealers in 1956, is the largest collection of new and used automotive dealerships in Ohio, with 24 dealerships.

The 2020 census counted 13,149 residents in Bedford, living in 6,608 households.