Original Names of Clermont County Towns in Bible and Post Era
Many Clermont County communities earned original names from biblical sites or from post offices. Pelicity, once Feestown, named for a Fee daughter. Glen Este named for David Bete. Goshen after Goshen New York. Hamlet formerly Browns Farm. Hulington for Albert Huling. Laredo once Brownsville. Laurel laid out by William Pollard with an earlier name.
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Milltown
Denhamstown
Lytlestown
Mechanicsburg
Paxton
Hageman's
Pelicity
Fee
Feestown
Glen Este
David K. Bete
Cincinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth
Glen
Brown's
Brown
Hulington
Albert W. Huling
Laredo
Brownsville
Joseph Brown
Thomas Downey
Bernard Conn
Laurel
William Pollard
Place Names and Post Offices in Clermont County History
Spotlight on Clermont County towns tied to early post offices and name changes. Details include Van Burenville once linked to Martin Van Buren, Laurel formerly Clermont, Lyndon renamed LINDALEE, Locust Corner origin as Pleasant Hill, a 1848 post office with John Wagner, Loveland named from Col. Paxton and settled 1796, Marathon once Cynthiana, Miamiville named for Little Mill River, Milford renamed from Hageman’s Mills after a 1788 survey and 1802 land transfers.
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van Burenville
United States
Martin van Buren
Clermont
Laurel
Lindalee
Lyndon
Dale
Locust Corner
Benjamin Ricker
Pleasant Hill
John Wagner
Loveland
Paxton
Col
Thomas Paxton
Clermont County
James Loveland
Milford
John Nancarrow
Philip Gatch
Rawson
John Hageman
Hageman
1984 Ohio fatal crash week shows alcohol drop and belt use
The first week of 1984 in Ohio saw fewer traffic deaths and a sharper fall in alcohol related fatalities than 1983. Six of 24 alcohol linked deaths compared with 15 of 27 the prior year, with 12 of the 24 victims not wearing seatbelts. Vehicle type shifts occurred, with 10 pedestrians killed this year versus four last year, and full sized cars accounting for a quarter of deaths.
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Ohio
Parking ban on Pt. Pleasant Spur Road in Monroe Township
County commissioners ordered a restriction on parking along Pt. Pleasant Spur Road in Monroe Township after a deputy county engineer confirmed residents’ complaints that vehicles parked too close to US 52. Ralph T. Palmer cited the inspection as the basis for the action.
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Pt. Pleasant Spur
Monroe Township
Ralph T. Palmer
Man Charged With Passing Bad Check In Loveland
Hank Wagner age 38 of 2366 Sycamore Road Loveland was arrested January 18 and charged with passing a bad check Detective Tom Cooper said the $342 check drawn on a closed account was given to Lou and Jerry Bowman operators of a hauling and excavating firm in Bethel
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Hank Wagner
Sycamore Rd
Loveland
Tom Cooper
Lou and
Jerry Bowman
Bethel
Commissioners hold objections on Ohio liquor permits in county
Commissioners delay decisions on one new beer carryout permit and three license transfers to allow residents to file objections. Applications include Tic Toc Grocery Mt. Carmel 618 Batavia Pike for a new beer carryout. Transfers cover Riverview Carryout Franklin Township US 52, Middeler markets Monroe Township US 52, and Hia A Way Club Mt. Carmel 4501 Tabasco Rd for beer wine and liquor service. Tipton Associates Milford named Clermont County Chamber president succeeding Jess Smith.
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Ohio Department of Liquor Control
James Grammas
Tic Toc Grocery
Batavia Pike
Mt. Carmel
Nellie N. J. Sizemore Green
Susan C. Holder
Riverview
US 52
Franklin Township
Joseph F. Middeler
Joseph F. Middeler Jr
Pleasant Food Market
Monroe Township
Richard William Buell
T & T Enterprises
Hia
A Way Club
Tabasco Rd
Amelia McGill becomes chamber chairman in January meeting
The Clermont Courier reports Amelia McGill of McGill & Smith becomes chairman of the board of directors at the chamber's January meeting. Perry Samuels of WLYK Milford is elected first vice president, Chris Smith of Industrial Air is chosen second vice president, and Chuck Seely becomes treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill & Smith
Amelia
Perry Samuels
WLYK
Milford
Chris Smith
Industrial Air
Chuck Seely
Chamber
Two 17 year olds charged in Felicity theft case
Two 17 year old boys from Moscow and Felicity were charged last week with receiving stolen property tied to the January 6 break in at the Felicity Landmark Store. Det. Tom Cooper said they were selling items on Felicity streets, including gloves, boots, pruners, heaters and peanuts, with only partial loot recovered. The Felicity youth also faced criminal damaging for kicking in a Felicity High School window on January 6.
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Moscow
Felicity
Felicity Landmark
Tom Cooper
Cooper
Felicity High School
Not Guilty in Clermont County Robbery Case
Kenneth R. Delk, 27, acquitted of complicity to aggravated robbery in Clermont County Common Pleas Court last week, remained jailed on a Kentucky fugitive warrant. Jury found he did not drive the getaway car in the Sept. 22 heist. Extradition hearing set in county court.
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Kenneth R. Delk
Clermont County
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Goshen
N.Y
John Winans
Lot Cooper
Marathon
Cynthiana
John Ferguson
John Eckelberger
Miamiville
Little Mill
Moses F. Robinson
Arar Ar
Kmart
State Road
Tipton
Dave Tipton
Clermont Courier
the Family Medical Center
Cincinnati Group Health Associates
Aly
Nore
Cherry Grove
Ohio Pike
Gregory L. Isaac
Linda M. Tracy
David L. Broomall
Ohio Deposit Guarantee Fund
ODGF
City Loan & Savings
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