| History From History of Clermont County, Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches\ of its Prominent Men and Pioneers by J. L. Rockey & Louis H. Everts, 1880 Clermont County, Ohio lies within the Virginia Military District, where Revolutionary War Soldiers received land in exchange for their military service. Situated on the Ohio River, the main route to the west, Clermont County is located on a major migration route. Records are complete from the inception of the county in 1800, three years before Ohio became a state in 1803. Descendants of Clermont County settlers are scattered throughout the world. "No county in Ohio surpasses Clermont in the number and characteristics of its fine streams and creeks, of which the east fork of the Little Miami is the longest and most noted. Having its source near the Highland County boundary-line, it flows through Perry township, in Brown County, and enters Clermont on its eastern boundary-line, in Jackson township, near Marathon, bears off south, passing through Williamsburg township, borders upon Tate, winds through the centre of Batavia, bounds upon Union, and, after running into Miami Township, finally empties itself into the Little Miami, near Milford. From the mouth to the point it first enters the county is probably twenty miles on a straight line, but, following the course of the stream, is not less that fifty. On one side or the other in its meandering through the county spreads out a fine, rich bottom, and sometimes on each, which contain the most fertile soils in the State and make the best improved farms in the West, particularly adapted to the production of corn, and now beginning to be planted with tobacco, of which is raised the brightest leaf. Many of the smaller streams were valuable at an early day for milling purposes, but as the country was developed, the land cleared, the forests removed, and the natural outlets for the water opened up, they poured out their waters so rapidly that they ceased to be reliable for milling, and have most generally long since been abandoned." Other Resources Historical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe Vol. I ©1888, Clermont County. Histories available at USGenWeb Archives Historical Collections of Ohio Ohio Memory This is a really fun site. Here are a few links that pertain to Clermont County
Black History in Clermont County Ghosts Trains of Clermont County (PDF) History Books available through the LDS Family History Centers. |