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Population: 864 Located in Cuyahoga County
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. There have been numerous proposals to annex the village to Chagrin Falls, Solon, or Moreland Hills, but its residents have chosen to remain independent.
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