Miamiville, Ohio

Miamiville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States, along the Little Miami River.^[1] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 242.^[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45147.^[3]

History

Miamiville was laid out in 1849, and named for the nearby Little Miami River.^[4] A post office called Miamiville has been in operation since 1848.^[5]

Miamiville's low profile as an unincorporated community was a benefit during the Great Depression, when Prohibition outlawed alcohol consumption in the United States. The Miami Boat Club operated as a speakeasy during the 1920s and 1930s.^[6]

Gallery

Miamiville community sign
Looking west on Center Street in Miamiville
Miamiville Garage in Miamiville

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miamiville, Ohio
↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Miamiville CDP, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
↑ Zip Code Lookup
↑ Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 470.
↑ "Clermont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
↑ "Miami Boat Club - history". Retrieved 6 August 2010.

Municipalities and communities of Clermont County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Batavia

Cities	Loveland‡ Milford‡

Villages	Amelia Batavia Bethel Chilo Felicity Moscow Neville New Richmond Newtonsville Owensville Williamsburg

Townships	Batavia Franklin Goshen Jackson Miami Monroe Ohio Pierce Stonelick Tate Union Washington Wayne Williamsburg

CDPs	Day Heights Goshen Miamiville Mount Carmel Mount Repose Mulberry Summerside Withamsville

Unincorporated communities	Afton Bantam Belfast Blairsville Blowville Branch Hill Braziers Cedron Clermontville Clover Concord Edenton Hennings Mill Hills Laurel Lindale Locust Corner Marathon Modest Monterey Moores Fork Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pisgah New Palestine Nicholsville Ninemile Olive Branch Perintown Point Isabel Point Pleasant Rural Saltair Stonelick Tobasco Utopia Woodville

Ghost towns	Elk Lick Simpkinsville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°12′45″N 84°17′58″W / 39.21250°N 84.29944°W / 39.21250; -84.29944

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