Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Hamilton Township, one of the eleven townships
of Warren County
, Ohio
, United States
, is in the south central portion of the county. The 2000 census found 9,630 people there, up significantly from the 5,900 in 1990
. 8,645 of the total in 2000 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. It is the fastest growing area of Warren County and is about 36 miles² (93 km²) in area.
The village of Maineville
is near the center of the township. Parts of the township have been annexed by South Lebanon
in the north and Loveland
in the south. The communities of Zoar
, Cozaddale
, Murdock, Hopkinsville
, Dallasburg
, and Fosters
are located here.
, as are similar townships, in Franklin
, Jackson
, and Lawrence
Counties statewide.
. On June 24, 1813, the eastern part of the township was separated by drawing a line south from the mouth of Todd's Fork on the Little Miami. The entirety of the township is in the Virginia Military District
and was surveyed under the metes and bounds
system.
and Butlerville
exchanges. Mail is delivered through the Maineville, Loveland, Goshen
, South Lebanon, and Morrow post offices.
, Montgomery
, and Hopkinsville
pike. The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
, which was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
, ran through the southeast corner of the township, while the Little Miami Road followed the Little Miami River
through the township. (This is now the Little Miami Bike Trail
.)
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
of Warren County
Warren County, Ohio
Warren County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 212,693 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Lebanon. Warren County was erected May 1, 1803, from Hamilton County, and named for Dr...
, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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, is in the south central portion of the county. The 2000 census found 9,630 people there, up significantly from the 5,900 in 1990
United States Census, 1990
The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
. 8,645 of the total in 2000 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. It is the fastest growing area of Warren County and is about 36 miles² (93 km²) in area.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:- Union TownshipUnion Township, Warren County, OhioUnion Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. It was established January 3, 1815 and named Union as it was formed from parts of Deerfield and Turtlecreek Townships. The 2000 census found 4,668 people in the township,...
- north - Salem TownshipSalem Township, Warren County, OhioSalem Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. The 2000 census found 4,133 people in the township, up slightly from the 4,038 in 1990; of this total, 2,847 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. It is...
- northeast - Harlan TownshipHarlan Township, Warren County, OhioHarlan Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, and the last to be formed in that county, is located in the southeast corner of the county...
- east - Goshen Township, Clermont CountyGoshen Township, Clermont County, OhioGoshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,663 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- southeast - Miami Township, Clermont CountyMiami Township, Clermont County, OhioMiami Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 36,632 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- southwest, south of Symmes Township - Symmes Township, Hamilton CountySymmes Township, Hamilton County, OhioSymmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,771 people in the township.-Geography:...
- southwest, north of Miami Township - Deerfield TownshipDeerfield Township, Warren County, OhioDeerfield Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, is located in the southwest corner of the county. The most urbanized of the eleven, it had 25,515 people in the 2000 census, down from the 26,359 in 1990...
- west
The village of Maineville
Maineville, Ohio
Maineville is a village in Warren County, Ohio, United States, with a population of 372 families in 2000. It is called Maineville as the original settlers were from the state of Maine.-Geography:Maineville is located at ....
is near the center of the township. Parts of the township have been annexed by South Lebanon
South Lebanon, Ohio
South Lebanon is a village located in Union and Hamilton Townships in central Warren County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,538, down from 2,696 in 1990...
in the north and Loveland
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...
in the south. The communities of Zoar
Zoar, Warren County, Ohio
Zoar is an unincorporated place in northern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the 3C Highway about one mile east of Hopkinsville and three miles west of Morrow in Virginia Military District Military Survey 1546. It was one of the earliest settlements of...
, Cozaddale
Cozaddale, Ohio
Cozaddale is an unincorporated community in southeastern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is about one mile south of Camargo, one mile southeast of Hickory Corner, and two miles west of Pleasant Plain, and three miles north of Goshen, Ohio. It was laid out by John J...
, Murdock, Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, Ohio
Hopkinsville is an unincorporated place in northern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, about one mile north of Maineville, two miles south of South Lebanon, and three miles northwest of Fosters at the crossroads of State Route 48 and the 3C Highway...
, Dallasburg
Dallasburg, Ohio
Dallasburg is an unincorporated place in southern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Virginia Military Reserve Military Survey 3790 about one mile west of Cozaddale and two miles southeast of Murdoch.-References:...
, and Fosters
Fosters, Ohio
Fosters is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio, United States. It straddles the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. It is located about two miles southwest of Hopkinsville, two miles west of Maineville, and two miles northeast of Twenty Mile Stand just...
are located here.
Name
It is named for Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...
, as are similar townships, in Franklin
Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Ohio
Hamilton Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,950 people in the township, 4,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
, Jackson
Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
Hamilton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 513 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
, and Lawrence
Hamilton Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
Hamilton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,817 people in the township, 792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
Counties statewide.
History
It was one of the four original townships of Warren County, created on May 10, 1803, when the county was just nine days old. It originally encompassed all of the present Hamilton Township, plus the portion of Salem Township to the south of the Little Miami, all of Harlan Township, and most of Washington TownshipWashington Township, Warren County, Ohio
Washington Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States. Located in the east central part of the county, it is the only one of the eleven that does not contain a municipality...
. On June 24, 1813, the eastern part of the township was separated by drawing a line south from the mouth of Todd's Fork on the Little Miami. The entirety of the township is in the Virginia Military District
Virginia Military District
The Virginia Military District was an approximately 4.2 million acre area of land in what is now the state of Ohio that was reserved by Virginia to use as payment for veterans of the American Revolutionary War....
and was surveyed under the metes and bounds
Metes and bounds
Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, real property or real estate. The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries...
system.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.Public services
Most of the township is in the Little Miami Local School District, but parts are in the Loveland City, Kings Local, and Goshen Local School Districts. The township is primarily served by the Little Miami and South Lebanon telephone exchanges, but parts lie in the MorrowMorrow, Ohio
Morrow is a village in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,286, up from 1,206 in 1990...
and Butlerville
Butlerville, Ohio
Butlerville is a village in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, located in south central Harlan Township, Warren County. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 231, up from 188 in 1990.-Geography:...
exchanges. Mail is delivered through the Maineville, Loveland, Goshen
Goshen, Ohio
Goshen is a census-designated place in central Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. It is centered on State Route 28 , approximately midway between Milford and Blanchester....
, South Lebanon, and Morrow post offices.
Transportation
The major roads are US Route 22/Ohio 3, also known as the 3C Highway and originally known as the CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, Montgomery
Montgomery, Ohio
Montgomery is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States settled in 1796. The town was a coach stop on the Cincinnati-Zanesville Road, later known as the Montgomery Pike with an Inn, two taverns, a grist mill and a carding mill to process its agricultural products...
, and Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville, Ohio
Hopkinsville is an unincorporated place in northern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States, about one mile north of Maineville, two miles south of South Lebanon, and three miles northwest of Fosters at the crossroads of State Route 48 and the 3C Highway...
pike. The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad is a defunct railroad of southern Ohio that was later absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ....
, which was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
, ran through the southeast corner of the township, while the Little Miami Road followed the Little Miami River
Little Miami River
The Little Miami River is a Class I tributary of the Ohio River that flows through five counties in southwestern Ohio in the United States. The Little Miami joins the Ohio River east of Cincinnati. It forms parts of the borders between Hamilton and Clermont counties and between Hamilton and Warren...
through the township. (This is now the Little Miami Bike Trail
Little Miami Bike Trail
The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback...
.)