Brimfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Portage County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 3,365. It is located in the central part of Brimfield Township (of which it is a part), a rural area between the Ohio cities of Akron and Kent with light industry, strip-malls, subdivisions, and farms.
Brimfield is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Brimfield Township was originally known by several different names, before being named Thorndike from 1818 to 1830. The present name is for Brimfield, Massachusetts, the hometown of John Wyles Jr., one of the early land owners. A post office called Brimfield was established in 1834, and remained in operation until 1907.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 4.0 square miles (10.3 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.75%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census