Gates Mills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2020 census. Gates Mills is a suburb of Cleveland and was originally part of Mayfield Township. The village was named for Halsey Gates, the proprietor of a local mill. Wikipedia
GATES, HOLSEY (HALSEY) (1799-2 Nov. 1865) was an early settler of the WESTERN RESERVE and the namesake for the village of GATES MILLS in Mayfield Twp. Born in East Haddam, CT, to Nathaniel and Hannah Gates, the family moved to Delhi, NY in 1815 following Nathaniel’s death. Soonafter, Gates’ brother and sister (Jeremiah Gates and Clarissa Gates Brainerd) moved to northeastern Ohio, with Jeremiah eventually settling in the village of BROOKLYN and opening a sawmill with the assistance of brother Nathaniel, who permanently settled there ca. 1824.
