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Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

Anderson Township is a township located in southeastern Hamilton County, Ohio. In 2000 its population was 43,857, and the area remaining in the unincorporated township was 30.7 miČ.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 External link

History

The first residents came in 1788 when Benjamin Site settled at the mouth of the Little Miami River. 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 Anderson who was Virginia's chief surveyor. Newtown, then called Mercersburg, was first settled in 1792.

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 Miami. As of 1990, 36% of Anderson Township had been developed into suburban communities for Cincinnati, 13% into farmland, and the remainder is woodland.

Interstate 275 and U.S Highway 125 cross the townsship from east to west, and the interstate bridge to Northern Kentucky is located its the southwest section.

Boundaries

External link

The Township's web site