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Clermont County, Ohio

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50newspaper titles
0digitized titles
28historic places
1800earliest paper
1800formed
208,601pop. 2020
63cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 50 newspaper titles published in Clermont County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Neville, Milford, Perintown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Clermont

Library of Congress
50 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Spirit of the TimesBatavia1800–1899
The Clermont County SunBatavia1800–1899
The Clermont SunBatavia1800–?
The Loveland RegisterLoveland1800–1899
Political CensorWilliamsburg, West Union, Ripley1813–1823
Western AmericanWilliamsburg1814–1816
The Farmers FriendWilliamsburg1820–1899
The LuminaryNew Richmond1820–1899
Western PatriotBatavia1824–1826
Ohio Star and New-Richmond and Susanna GazetteNew Richmond1826–1826
Spirit of the TimesBatavia1826–1829
The Ohio SunBatavia1828–1839
Chronicle of the TimesBatavia1829–1834
Ohio Sun & Clermont AdvertiserBatavia1830–1834
Ohio SunBatavia1834–1899
Clermont CourierBatavia1836–1962
The PhilanthropistCincinnati, New Richmond1836–1843
The PhilanthropistCincinnati, New Richmond1836–1843
The PhilanthropistNew Richmond, Cincinnati1836–1843
Rough and ReadyBatavia1846–1899
Western HeraldWilliamsburg1848–1899
New Richmond AgeNew Richmond1850–1899
Yankee DoodleBatavia1856–1899
Clermont IndependentNew Richmond1885–1887
The Clermont GraphicWilliamsburg1886–1887
The Felicity TimesFelicity1886–1912
Valley EnterpriseMilford, Milford1886–1920
Independent NewsNew Richmond1888–1920
The Clermont AdvanceBatavia1895–1899
The Bethel JournalBethel1898–1992
Milford Miami Valley NewsBatavia, Loveland, Milford1900–1999
The Goshen BoosterGoshen1900–1999
The Southern ClermonterBethel1900–1999
The VindicatorWilliamsburg1900–1999
The HustlerLoveland1906–1911
The Milford RecordMilford1910–1999
The Loveland HeraldLoveland, Loveland, Loveland1918–1986
The Williamsburg TimesWilliamsburg1920–1976
The Grant Centennial NewsPoint Pleasant1922–1999
The New Richmond PressNew Richmond1930–1964
The Amelia Star-ReviewAmelia1955–1999
The Milford AdvertiserMilford, Cincinnati1957–1986
CourierBatavia1962–1970
Clermont CourierBatavia1970–1986
Loveland News WorldLoveland1970–1999
Clermont Courier-PressCincinnati, Batavia1986–1989
Loveland Herald-PressLoveland1986–?
Milford Advertiser-PressCincinnati, Milford1986–?
The Bethel Journal-PressBethel1992–2015
Indian Hill JournalLoveland2000–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bethel Methodist ChurchBantamBuilding1978
Bullskin Creek SiteFelicitySite1978
Clarke Farm SitePoint PleasantSite1974
Devanney SiteGoshenSite1978
East Fork SiteBataviaSite1978
Edgington MoundNevilleSite1974
Elk Lick Road MoundBantamSite1975
Fagin, Aaron, HouseMonroe TownshipBuilding2006
Ferris SiteNevilleSite1974
Gaskins-Malany HouseWithamsvilleBuilding1975
Gatch SiteMilfordSite1974
Groesbeck, Grace, HousePerintownBuilding2015
Harmony Hill Dairy HouseWilliamsburgBuilding2001
Krippendorf EstatePerintownBuilding2011
McKever, Lewis, FarmhouseWilliamsburgBuilding1982
New Richmond Water Works and Electric StationNew RichmondBuilding1993
Pfarr Log HouseMilfordBuilding1977
Pleasant HillMilfordBuilding2008
PromontMilfordBuilding1980
Roas-Ilhardt Farm and WineryNew RichmondBuilding1982
Ross-Gowdy HouseNew RichmondBuilding1982
Salt HouseBethelBuilding1976
Schafer HouseNevilleBuilding1974
Snead MoundNevilleSite1974
Stonelick Covered BridgePerintownStructure1974
U.S. Grant Birthplace and Grant Commemorative Sites Historic DistrictPoint PleasantDistrict1998
Williams HouseWilliamsburgBuilding2002
Winter, William, Stone HouseMt. OliveBuilding1977

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clermont was formed in 1800 (1800-12-06) from Hamilton.

CLERMONT created by the Northwest Territory from HAMILTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clermont County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

209k109k9,9651810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,96515,82023,10633,03436,71331,61028,29134,10942,18280,530128,483177,977208,601

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

63 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 63 of 63 listed
NameLatLon
Amelia Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery39.03506-84.22604
Amelia Methodist Episcopal Cemetery39.02839-84.21535
Bethel Cemetery38.95923-84.0741
Brick Chapel Cemetery39.19562-84.09472
Brown Cemetery38.98895-84.07965
Chilo Cemetery38.80942-84.13191
Clover Cemetery38.99898-84.04225
Concord Cemetery39.02395-84.07437
Edenton Cemetery39.22186-84.0648
Evergreen Cemetery39.21255-84.31021
Felicity Cemetery38.8401-84.09089
Franklin Chapel Cemetery38.94567-84.22754
Goshen Cemetery39.23814-84.15835
Graceland Memorial Gardens39.19637-84.20029
Greenbrier Cemetery39.04964-84.13538
Greenlawn Cemetery39.17091-84.27578
Greenmound Cemetery38.94441-84.26977
Hartman Cemetery39.13588-84.04967
Hopewell Cemetery38.83313-84.11676
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery39.12145-84.15466
Laurel Cemetery38.9209-84.19527
Lindale Baptist Cemetery38.99512-84.20907
Lucy Run Cemetery39.04279-84.19289
McKendree Cemetery38.83701-84.15187
Milford Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery39.17931-84.29087
Monroe Cemetery38.96873-84.16409
Monterey Cemetery39.14293-84.08673
Moreland Cemetery38.96462-84.25211
Moscow Cemetery38.86034-84.2116
Mount Holly Christian Chapel Cemetery39.01867-84.19636
Mount Moriah Cemetery39.0695-84.29021
Mount Pisgah Cemetery38.98548-84.22747
Mount Pleasant Cemetery38.82411-84.10124
Mount Zion Cemetery39.1524-84.18563
Mount Zion Chapel Cemetery38.91834-84.23307
Neville Cemetery38.80966-84.2084
Neville Vesper Cemetery38.81503-84.1973
New Calvary Cemetery38.87006-84.16882
Nicholsville Cemetery38.95753-84.17005
Old Baptist Church Cemetery39.17839-84.08947
Old Bethel Cemetery39.0079-84.139
Old Calvary Cemetery38.86978-84.17021
Olive Branch Cemetery39.08556-84.22638
Olive Cemetery39.1563-84.15516
Pierce Township Cemetery39.02658-84.27328
Plainview Cemetery39.17978-84.11771
Point Isabel Cemetery38.89795-84.13408
Point Pleasant Cemetery38.89731-84.23001
Rapp Cemetery39.14293-84.15245
Rural Cemetery38.7834-84.08993
Saint Andrews Cemetery39.16339-84.2941
Saint Louis Catholic Cemetery39.12534-84.13355
Saint Peters Cemetery38.97014-84.26142
Saint Philomena Cemetery39.12767-84.1844
Simpkins Cemetery39.17328-84.15314
Smyrna Cemetery38.8367-84.081
Stonelick Cemetery39.11793-84.13543
Sugartree Cemetery38.96844-84.13434
Union Cemetery39.07866-84.16913
Watkins Hill Cemetery38.95146-84.27073
Williamsburg Cemetery39.06117-84.05771
Wood Cemetery38.85728-84.1741
Woods Hill Cemetery38.80564-84.14842
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Beechwood39.15645-84.27355
Elk Lick39.02784-84.13105
Fair Oak38.9959-84.17494
Gernon39.11867-84.20938
Home39.02478-84.3166
Spann39.00895-84.25966

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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