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We're so excited for fall that we decided to publish the newsletter a couple weeks early so you don't miss the activities leading up to it! Because we're unofficially kicking it off you don't have to hide the pumpkin spice lattes you've been drinking since August and you can break out the fall candles you've been purchasing one by one so your significant other doesn't notice. For many, fall is already their favorite season and very soon it may become a new favorite for all Hamilton Township residents with the road construction end in sight. By the time our winter newsletter is published, we're hopeful the road construction along the State Route 48 corridor will be complete! Fall is an exciting time in the Township and we're sure there's an activity for everyone right in our own backyard! Whether you enjoy Friday nights under the lights, walks in the park to enjoy the autumn hues, pumpkins and hayrides, family drives to check out spooky decorations, golf, or tractors; we have it all!
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7780 S. State Route 48 Maineville, OH 45039 Phone: (513) 683.8520 Fax: (513) 683.4325 Darryl Cordrey - Board Chair Joe Rozzi - Trustee Mark Sousa - Trustee Leah Elliott - Fiscal Officer Township Administrator Jeff Wright (513) 239.2372 Police Department Scott Hughes - Police Chief (513) 683.0538 (Non Emergency) Fire & Emergency Services Jason Jewett - Fire Chief (513) 683.1622 (Non Emergency) Public Works Director Don Pelfrey (513) 683.5360 Planning and Zoning Administrator - Cathy Walton (513) 239.2371 Assistant Fiscal Officer Ellen Horman (513) 239.2377 Human Resources Manager Cheryl Allgeyer (513) 239.2384 Zoning Inspector Cory Sanders (513) 334.9689 Parks & Recreation Nicole Earley (513) 239.2391 Cemetery Sexton/PW Admin. Asst. Chrisie Hainey (513) 683.5320 Administrative Assistant Heather Murdock (513) 683-8520
Fall 2024
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The flags and markings on Zoar and Stephens Roads are a Duke Energy gas line project anticipated to be performed in 2025.
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McDonalds will be located in out lot 2 near the new Kroger at 148 Towne Center Blvd. Their site plan was approved on August 7th and they are estimated to break ground in April 2025.
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Christian Brothers Automotive has broken ground on their new location on State Route 48 just north of Ridgeview Lane. Projected Opening Date: February 2025
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Warren County Community Shred & Electronics Recycling Day 9/21, 10am-1pm Warren County Administration
Party @ The MAC 9/14, 4pm
Warren County Health District
Mobile Health Van 9/18, 8am-12pm HT Administration
Little Miami History Connection Open House 9/11-6pm 373 E. Fost.-Mvl. Rd.
LPGA Kroger Queen City Championship 9/19-9/22 TPC River's Bend
LMHS Homecoming Parade 9/26 - 6pm Stubbs Mill Rd.-US 22/3-to LMHS
Little Miami High School Schedules
Fall on the Farm 9/14-10/31 Blooms and Berries
The Morrow Arts Center
Health & Wellness Fair 9/12, 3pm-7pm WCCS Early Learning Center
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F.A.R.M. Club Antique Tractor Days 9/12-9/15 Oeder's Lake
Kings High School Schedules
The Morrow Market 9/21 & 10/19
What's Happening!
Wreaths Across America 12.14 | 12:00 pm | Maineville Cemetery
Please join us for a day at Station 76. We're opening our doors for our residents to meet your Chiefs and Firefighters, have an up-close look at the station, check out the services we provide, demonstrations, and activities for the kids. Free hot dogs, popcorn, and KONA Ice.
Dress the whole family up, including man's best friend for some fall fun! Kids can trunk hop for candy and pups can enjoy a pup cup, games, monster tunes, hay rides and a photo backdrop to snag a family photo. Kona Ice & grill items by Warren County Little League are available for purchase. Want to dress up your trunk? Click here to register your trunk!
Hamilton Township & the Village of Maineville have created a wonderful partnership and will be hosting some community events jointly to benefit all of our residents together!
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Wreaths Across America Day is held annually at cemeteries across the nation. The mission is to Remember the Fallen, Honor those who Serve, and Teach our Children the value of Freedom. Become a wreath sponsor for just $17 by clicking here. This ensures a wreath is laid at each our 450 veterans headstones.
Fall Decorating Contest October | Various Locations |
Decorate your house for all of our residents to see! Fall and Spooktacular categories. Entries must be received by 10/17 & online community voting begins October 21st. Enter here or stay tuned to our Facebook page to vote!
Trunk or Treat & Pet Masquerade 10.19 | 1:00 pm-3:00 pm | Testerman Park
Hamilton Township and The Village of Maineville want you to join us for some holiday fun! Pictures with Santa, s'mores station, games, cookies, coffee and hot chocolate. Performances by Santa's Goody Bag Band, Members of the Little Miami Select Choirs, LMHS Symphonic Band, NCYO and more. Fireworks and drone show finale!
Click here to see our full event calendar
December 7th
Station 76 Open House 10.12 | 11:00 am-1:00 pm | Station 76
Tree Lighting Celebration 12.7 | 4:00 pm-6:00 pm | Station 76
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Situated in the center of Hamilton Township, Maineville is both the seat of government for the township and the township's only incorporated village. Maineville's history is unusual as it had its beginnings when a large group of residents from the town of Phillips and Farmington in Maine were tired of shoveling snow and wanted to live in a more moderate climate. For many years it was called Yankeetown. When the town was incorporated on March 23, 1850, it officially became Maineville since most of the residents were from Maine. In 1802 a man known as John Wilson made an extensive clearing of land at the site of what became Maineville but for some reason abandoned it. Josiah Morrow, grandson of Gov. Jeremiah Morrow, noted his father's cattle often strayed across the river to eat the grass at Wilson's Clearing. In 1815 permanent settlers began to arrive from Maine. The first house in Maineville was a log structure built by a blacksmith named Carr who carried on his trade of axes in that building; these axes became well known in the area. The first frame house was built by Moses Dudley who came with his family from Phillips, Maine in 1815. He purchased 200 acres of land south of what is now Foster Maineville Road. Ephrain Stevens and his family also arrived in 1815 and settled in a log cabin two miles north of Maineville, around where Stephens Road is today. Since Ephrain was a brick mason, he rebuilt the Dudley house from frame to brick in 1828. In 1850, Ephrains''s son, S.F. Stevens started a business dealing in dry goods, groceries, boots & shoes, drugs & hardware that his son, F.T. Stevens later took over in 1890. In 1818 Dr. John Cottle came from Farmington, Maine and settled on the south side of Maineville where he built the first brick house in Maineville in 1821. He was the first doctor to practice medicine in Hamilton Township and from 1818 to 1843 was the only physician in Maineville. He was an outstanding surgeon and was known for performing the first successful breast surgery for cancer in this area. In 1830 his practice was believed to be the largest in Warren County as it extended east, way beyond Clarksville and Wilmington and for a long time, he kept an extra stabled horse in Clarksville to service that area. That year the tax rate was 5 mills on each dollar of annual income. The County Commissioners estimated the income of the Warren County physicians to be $500 except for Dr. John Cottle whose income was placed at $1,000. In 1842 John's son, Lucius, joined his father's practice and the following year John retired. In 1882 Maineville had three doctors: Dr. Lucius Cottle, Dr. B.F. Ludlum and Dr. W.F. Moss, who also had a drug store. Dr. Moss practiced in Maineville until 1932 and was considered the last of the typical country doctors.
HISTORY OF MAINEVILLE - PART 1
Dr. John Cottle's home; First brick house built in Maineville
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Tales of the Township
Dr. W.F. Moss's drug store, 1884. Mrs. Alfaretta H. Moss in doorway
Maineville Baptist Church, 1905
Maineville Churches
In 1822, Benjamin Tufts arrived from Phillips, Maine with his wife, six children, and 87 year old father, Rev. Francis Tufts. He built a house across the street from Moses Dudley. Around 1840, Benjamin's son, Seth G. Tufts built a brick house and shops on the NE corner of Main Street and Hopkinsville Road and by 1842 he established himself in the carriage and undertaking business. During the cholera epidemic in 1850 coffins were needed faster than they could be supplied, so the Tufts began to manufacture coffins. In 1869, Seth G. Tufts turned the undertaking business over to his son, Oscar, and he devoted his time to the carriage business and various inventions he had in mind, including an undertaker's chair. In the 1870's Seth began operating a sorghum mill for making sorghum molasses at the northern edge of town. In 1880 it was purchased by Elias Greeley whose sons moved their sawmill to that site. In the 1860's Benjamin's son, Moses Tufts, began operating a rooming house in the west end of Maineville; his son, Mitchel later took it over in the 1880's and operated it until 1919. In the 1880's another of Benjamin's sons, William Tufts opened a jewelry store in a room of the Keller Harness Shop. In addition to selling jewelry he did watch repairs, clock making, optical work and at one time sold sewing machines and musical instruments. Around the 1900's the Tufts jewelry business and undertaking business moved to Loveland and the undertaking business still operates there to this day. One of the chief concerns of the new settlers was having a school for the children. An early log school used in the 1820's was located at the site of the present Maineville Cemetery and in the 1830's a log school was built in town. In 1849 a brick schoolhouse was built at the southern edge of town beyond the corporation limits. It was called "District School No. 3" and was in use until the early 1870's. It opened a year after the Maineville Academy opened. (Read more about the Maineville Academy from a previous issue of our newsletter here.) In the late 1890's the Academy was torn down and a two-story red brick school serving grades one through eight was built on the site that opened in 1901. In 1902 the first two years of high school were added. This school was later replaced by a more modern building east of town that was a centralized school for Hamilton Township called the Hamilton-Maineville School. The first church in Maineville was the Maineville Baptist Church. It was founded by Moses Dudley, Henry Greeley and others in 1821 and was initially called the "Salt Spring Church." For a number of years members worshiped under the leadership of Dudley, their first pastor in the log schoolhouse east of town where the Maineville Cemetery now stands. A Baptist cemetery was laid out on the east side of the log meeting house and later expanded after the meeting house was torn down. Around 1830 a church building was erected in town. In 1848 the building developed structural problems, so permission was obtained to hold services in the east room of the Maineville Academy that had been completed that year. In 1853 a new brick church was completed and in 1865 a parsonage was built. During the 1940's major renovations were made to the church and the membership grew to over 200 members.
Maineville has the distinction of being the only town in the United States with that name.
Historic Tales of the Township is researched and written by Dr. Karen Dinsmore. Special thanks to Dan Kindel for his assistance with this article.
The Maineville Cemetery and Maineville Post Office are actually located in Hamilton Township, outside of the incorporated area of their namesake.
A village flag was officially adopted by the Maineville Council in 1994. It was designed by John Michael who later became Mayor of Maineville and included the seals of Ohio and Maine; a reference to connect the two areas.
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The Maineville Methodist Church started in 1822 with the arrival of the Tufts family. Sarah Tufts Latham brought together a group of men and women who began worshiping in private homes and used the Baptist church until they built a church of their own in 1844. It was named Smith's Chapel in honor of one of the circuit-riding preachers and it had two front doors; one for men and one for women. Inside the men sat on one side, women on the other and the doors were locked as soon as the service began so no one else could enter. There was no piano or organ until 1869 when they purchased an organ from the John Church Company in Cincinnati. Services continued to be conducted by circuit-riding preachers until 1877 when Rev. C.T. Crum became their first regular minister. In 1925 a belfry and bell were added to the church. Other improvements were made over the years including replacing the double doors with a single door where everyone could enter, sit together, and even late arrivals were welcomed. In 1867 a committee of Methodist and Baptist members were formed to confer with a group of black residents for the purpose of organizing a church for them. In 1873 the African Methodist Church purchased a lot on Broadway Street and erected a chuch in the early 1880's. Some of the early ministers were Elder Tate, Rev. Bridges, Rev. Mason, Rev. Bray and Rev. Whitengurg. There's more to come about Maineville in our next issue, but here's something unique about Maineville for now. Did you know that Maineville had no saloons? That was because of an ordinance that imposed severe consequences if anyone dared to open one. This wasn't a real issue because nearby Foster's Crossing had six; however, the Daughters of Temperance organization did see this as a problem because many Maineville residents were frequenting them. In 1881 they went down as a body and wrecked all of the saloons. The town of Foster eventually vanished, but one of the six saloons endured. Today it is known as the Monkey Bar and Grill and is more popular than ever.
African Methodist Church
In 1904 Maineville had a social club organized by a group of young people called the N.O.Y.B. which stood for Noble Order of Young Brains. When outsiders became curious the initials suddenly stood for None of Your Business.
Maineville Methodist Church, 1905
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Autumn at Ashlee's
This recipe is sure to have you feeling fall!
Pumpkin Crumb Cake Muffins
This annual tradition can be enjoyed in any neighborhood in Hamilton Township. Rain or Shine.
10.31 | 6:00pm-8:00 pm
1. Preheat oven to 425°. Spray a 12 count muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with cupcake liners. (Recipe makes 15) 2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt together until combined. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs and milk together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, then fold everything together gently until just combined and no flour pockets remain. 3. Spoon the batter into liners, filling them almost full. 4. Make the crumb topping: Whisk the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice together until combined. Using a fork, lightly mix in the melted butter until crumbs form. Don't over-mix. Spoon crumbs evenly on top of the batter and gently press them down into the batter so they're snug. 5. Bake for 5 minutes at 425° then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350°. Bake for an additional 16-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the muffins to cool for 10 minutes in the pan as you make the icing. 6. Make the icing: Whisk all of the icing ingredients together until combined and smooth. Drizzle over muffins and serve warm.
Directions
1 3/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour 1 Tsp. Baking Soda 2 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon 1 Tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1 1/2 Cups Canned Pumpkin Puree 2 Large Eggs, room temp. 1/4 Cup Milk, room temp. Crumb Topping 3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour 1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice 6 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter melted Maple Icing 1 1/2 Cups Confectioners Sugar 2 Tbsp. Pure Maple Syrup 2 Tbsp. Milk
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WCF's Impact in Hamilton Township: "We are grateful to be recipients of Warren County Foundation funding to serve children in Warren County in need of a one-to-one mentor to help them achieve success in school and life. The values of the WCF align with our mission and allow us to bring exceptional services to Warren County families. WCF was instrumental in providing funding during COVID to ensure children in Warren County received academic support, access to mental health services and basic needs to keep families healthy through the pandemic." -Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati
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