For much of its history, Ringwood was part of Lillydale Shire with prominent Ringwood identities such as G.T. Wiggins(1878 - 1889), Thomas Grant (1889 - 1894), James Maggs (1887 - 1888) and J.B. Mc Alpin (1909 - 1917) serving on Lillydale Council.
As the interests of the Ringwood area were not able to be adequately advanced whilst part of Lillydale Shire, pressure mounted for severence and the formation of the separate municipality for Ringwood. This resulted in the creation of the Borough of Ringwood in October 1924.
The first Mayor of the Borough of Ringwood was Cr. A.T. Miles with other Councillors being J.B. Mc Alpin , W. Mackinlay, A. Blood, J.K. Mac Caskill and R.G. Wilkins.
A fine Town Hall was built on Main Street (now Maroondah Highway) on the corner of Melbourne St. in 1927. It stood until 1969.
The growth of the Borough of Ringwood led to the Proclamation of the City of Ringwood in 1960. Cr. A.G. Lavis was the first mayor of the new City.
Ringwood ceased to be a separate municipality when it was merged in 1994 with the City of Croydon and portion of surrounding municipalities to form the municipality of Maroondah.
