It was founded in 1908 as a merger between the Bullitt Park neighborhood and Pleasant Ridge community, which met at the National Road (Main Street) which bisects the city.

Both educational institutions today are affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

In 1898, Ohio Governor Asa Bushnell chose a cluster of unsold lots around Broad and Drexel in Bullitt Park as an assembly site for state volunteers for the war.

Camp Bushnell, as it was known, was home for three weeks to 8,000 Ohio recruits headed for Cuba.

Schneider oversaw construction of the first city hall and led Bexley through a long and profitable growth period.

Central Bexley consists primarily of large homes of between 2,000 and 4,500 square feet, and many residents are white-collar professionals characteristic of the upper middle class.

Clerical and trades workers, as well as young professionals with small children, are more easily found among South Bexley residents, and the neighborhood would be seen as exhibiting many characteristics of the middle class.

[clarification needed] A plurality of Bexley residents are adherents of Mainline Protestant denominations.

Bexley contains many Jewish residents and is home to three synagogues (Agudas Achim, Ahavas Sholom and Torat Emet).

While still a small minority of residents, African-American and mixed-race families are becoming increasingly prominent in the community.

[citation needed] Bexley has grown increasingly progressive both politically and socially in the 21st century, a trend shared by other inner-ring suburbs in Franklin County.

Bexley is home to several churches and synagogues, numerous historic sites and pieces of outdoor sculpture, and several miles of U.S. Route 40, known as the National Road.

[10] It sits on nearly 40 acres (16 ha) of land in North Bexley, including two parks located on the east side of Parkview Avenue.

The mansion is open to the public and offers cultural and arts education programs.

The land behind the mansion is open to the public and includes stone staircases leading to walking trails along Alum Creek, tennis courts, and the Bexley community swimming pool.

Bexley houses several of sculptor Alfred Tibor's creations, including at the Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Saint Charles Preparatory School, and the Congregation Agudas Achim.