A narrow-gauge railroad from Chagrin Falls to SOLON was built in 1877 as a branch of the Painesville, Canton & Bridgeport Railroad. was erected by the commissioners of Cuyahoga County on petition of "the inhabitants of parts of Solon and Orange Townships." The town then lay within one county and one township, which created the tooth-like projection that interrupts the straight boundary between Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties. After incorporation, Curtiss Bullard was elected mayor. The community resided at first in 2 counties and 3 townships, controlled by 5 different governmental entities. These were run by village pioneers such as George Fenkell, Noah Graves, and Charles Sears. Between 18, manufactories along its banks produced axes, iron goods, paper, and woodenware mills turned out flour, wool and lumber. Seth Henderson of NEWBURGH purchased the land around the falls (his house, built in 1834, was later the site of the Church of Christ Scientist).
The river drew people who, for the most part, came from England and New England. to the northeast, South Russell Village to the east, and unincorporated Bainbridge Twp. The village is bounded by an unincorporated portion of CHAGRIN FALLS TWP. to the northwest, MORELAND HILLS to the west, BENTLEYVILLE to the southwest, and Geauga County (unincorporated Russell Twp. mi., of which 57.5 acres are taken up by the river. 1844, is a residential community located in Cuyahoga County at the "High Falls" of the Chagrin River it occupies approx. CHAGRIN FALLS, incorporated as a village on 12 Mar.
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