Mount Airy, Cincinnati

Mount Airy is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mt. Airy Water Tower

Mount Airy is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Mount Airy was incorporated as a village in 1865 from land given by Mill Creek and Green townships.[1] Mount Airy was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1911.[2]

The neighborhood includes the 1,471 acre Mt. Airy Forest, the largest of the Cincinnati parks. The Mt. Airy water tower, resembling a castle, was built in 1926-27. The complex includes 13 towers on two levels and has a capacity of 8.5 million gallons.[3]

Notable natives

The Cincinnati Reds baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr. grew up in Mount Airy.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, S. B. (1894). "History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present, Including...biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens, etc., Volume 1". p. 424. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Clarke, S. J. (1912). "Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2". The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mt. Airy Water Towers". Ohio Memory. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Mills, J. Elizabeth (2010). Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr.: Baseball Heroes. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 6.