Miamiville, Ohio

Miamiville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States, along the Little Miami River[1] and the Loveland Bike Trail. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 242.[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45147.[3]

Location of Miamiville, Ohio

History

Miamiville was laid out in 1849, and named for the nearby Little Miami River.[4] A post office called Miamiville has been in operation since 1848.[5]

Miamiville's low profile as an unincorporated community was a benefit during the Great Depression, when Prohibition outlawed alcohol consumption in the United States. The Miami Boat Club operated as a speakeasy during the 1920s and 1930s.[6]

Miamiville also played a small role in the Civil War during the Battle of Miamiville as rebels known as Morgan's Raids marched toward Camp Dennison and Cincinnati in the 1860s.[7]

  • Miamiville community sign
  • Looking west on Center Street in Miamiville
  • Miamiville Garage in Miamiville

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miamiville, Ohio
  2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Miamiville CDP, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  3. Zip Code Lookup
  4. Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 470.
  5. "Clermont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. "Miami Boat Club - history". Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  7. http://www.colonialwarsoh.org/files/forms/Trilogy/Colonial_Trilogy_4/1._The_Battle_of_Miamiville.pdf

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