Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Anderson Township is a township located in southeastern Hamilton County, Ohio. In the 2000 U.S. Census, its population was 43,857. The township encompasses an area of 31.2 mi² and is one of the most heavily populated townships in the U.S. state of Ohio, with the fourth highest population total out of Hamilton County's 49 local jurisdictions.
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[edit] History
The first residents came in 1788 when Benjamin Stites settled at the mouth of the Little Miami River. A historical marker commemorates this location at the end of Elstun Road in Anderson.
Anderson was the fifth township organized in Hamilton County in 1793. Being east of the Little Miami River, it was part of the Virginia Military District, and was named for Richard Clough Anderson who was Virginia's chief surveyor. Newtown, then called Mercersburg, was first settled in 1792. In 2004, the township became home to the second largest Kroger store in the world, the largest being in Salt Lake City, Utah (inconsistent with Kroger article).
In 1976, a chain of parks called the Anderson Park District was started in the township.
Nearly all of Anderson Township is located in the Forest Hills Local School District (a few residences are located in the Cincinnati City School District).
[edit] Geography
The township is situated in rolling hills with steep, wooded hillsides leading down to the Little Miami and Ohio Rivers.
It was important in it early days as the site of Flinn's Ford, the southern-most crossing of the Little Miami River. As of 1990, 36% of Anderson Township had been developed into suburban communities for Cincinnati, 13% into farmland, and the remainder is woodland.
[edit] Major Roadways
Interstate 275 and Ohio Highway 125 cross the township from east to west, and the Interstate bridge to Northern Kentucky is located on the border of the southwest section (but actually inside the City of Cincinnati Corporation limits). Ohio Highway 125's span through Anderson Township is known as Beechmont Avenue, and is the center of the township's economy because of its central location. Ohio Highway 32 also runs through the northern part of the township. It is known as Cincinnati-Batavia Pike.
[edit] Boundaries
- North - The Little Miami River separates it from Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio and Linwood, a Cincinnati neighborhood.
- East - Clermont County
- South - The Ohio River separates it from Campbell County, Kentucky
- West - Mount Washington (Cincinnati)
- Newtown, Ohio is located within the township.
[edit] External links
| Townships in Hamilton County, Ohio |
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| Anderson • Colerain • Columbia • Crosby • Delhi • Green • Harrison • Miami • Mill Creek • Springfield • Sycamore • Symmes • Whitewater |
