Loveland, Ohio Loveland, Ohio City of Loveland, Ohio Historic Downtown Loveland Historic Downtown Loveland Flag of Loveland, Ohio Flag Official logo of Loveland, Ohio Website City of Loveland Loveland (/ l vl n/ luv-l nd) is a town/city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S.
Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is positioned near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the Cincinnati town/city limits.
The populace was 12,081 at the 2010 census and was estimated at 12,326 in 2013. Once a busy barns town, Loveland is now a primary stop along the Little Miami Scenic Trail.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.00 square miles (12.95 km2), of which 4.93 square miles (12.77 km2) is territory and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) is water. The town/city is situated at an altitude of 597 ft (182 m) above sea level.
Loveland can be reached by car most easily via Interstate 275, but State Route 48 also serves the city.
Route 22 touches the northwestern corner of Loveland, and State Route 126 passes through Remington and Miamiville to the south.
Loveland is positioned inside three counties: Hamilton, Clermont and Warren.
At least 61 Ohio metros/cities cross county lines. Loveland has withdrawn from Symmes, Miami, and Hamilton Townships to form a coextensive set of paper townships each titled Loveland Township. Historic Downtown Loveland and the central company precinct lie in a small valley on opposite sides of the Little Miami Scenic River, the boundary between Hamilton and Clermont counties, whereas most of Loveland's residentiary areas are positioned on the hills encircling the valley on either side.
Loveland City Hall is positioned in Clermont County, whereas most of the populace resides in Hamilton County. Unlike Mason and other suburbs closer to Interstate 71 and Interstate 75, Loveland is considered somewhat of a "bedroom community", where residentiary neighborhoods (and churches) seemingly outnumber businesses, and many inhabitants make the half-hour commute to Downtown Cincinnati for work each day.
The 513 region code includes the entirety of Loveland.
The 45140 ZIP code also includes the entire city, with the exception of a several recently took in businesses that belong to the 45249 ZIP code (Symmes). The United States Postal Service lists a number of place names as unacceptable for this ZIP code, including "Murdock" and "Twenty Mile Stand"; however, "Loveland, Ohio" is acceptable for Camp Dennison's 45111 ZIP code.
Loveland uses a council-manager form of government.
The Loveland City Council has seven at-large seats, propel to four-year terms in non-partisan elections held every two years.
As of 2014, they are held by Mayor Mark Fitzgerald, and councilmembers Pam Gross, Steve Zamagias, Kathy Bailey, Ted Phelps, Angie Settell, and Rob Weisgerber. Dave Kennedy is City Manager. Traffic cases and other misdemeanors are heard in Loveland Mayor's Court, which is presided over by a magistrate. At the federal level, Loveland is positioned inside Ohio's 1st and 2nd congressional districts. At the state level, it is also served by the 27th, 62nd, and 65th House districts; the 7th and 14th Senate districts; and the 1st and 12th appellate court districts. See Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate for the current delegates of the respective state districts.
According to the Loveland Code of Ordinances, the city's corporate seal consists of "the coat of arms of the state engraved in the center and the words 'City of Loveland' engraved around the edge". Loveland is protected by the Loveland Police Division and the Loveland Symmes Fire Department, a member of the Northeast Fire Collaborative. Dispatching for both is handled by Northeast Communications Center (NECC), which provides Wireless Enhanced 911 service and also activates the small-town network of tornado sirens. The town/city lies in the Little Miami telephone exchange, inside Cincinnati Bell's ILEC coverage area. Loveland receives electric and natural gas services from Duke Energy Ohio, formerly Cincinnati Gas & Electric. Waste disposal and recycling services are provided by Rumpke through the Southwest Ohio Regional Refuse (SWORRE) consortium. Loveland has water interconnectivity agreements with the City of Cincinnati and Clermont County. Loveland's Polk Run Wastewater Treatment Plant is part of Hamilton County's Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) under a 1985 operating agreement.
Present-day Loveland originally lay at the edges of the Symmes Purchase and Virginia Military District, in what was then the Northwest Territory.
Colonel Thomas Paxton who won his spurs in General Wayne's army and became enamoured with the Miami Country, sold his farm in Kentucky primarily because of a faulty title and bought 1,200 acres where Loveland now stands.
The town/city is titled after James Loveland, who directed a general store and postal service near the barns tracks downtown.
The 1872 Branch Hill Bridge (Loveland Bridge) that spanned the Little Miami River just south of Loveland.
In its early days, Loveland was known as a resort town, with its summer homes for the wealthy, earning it the nickname "Little Switzerland of the Miami Valley." A small-town road retains the mill's eventual name, Kugler Mill. The region surrounding Loveland in Clermont County was well known for its peaches and strawberries. The Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad was chartered in 1846 to run a line between Hillsboro and O'Bannon Creek in Loveland on the Little Miami Railroad's route.
Loveland's locale at the junction of the Little Miami Railroad (now converted into the Loveland Bike Trail) and the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad fueled the city's growth, bringing "40 passenger trains per day, and 12 scheduled freight trains between Loveland and Cincinnati." Another barns ran through antebellum Loveland: the Underground Railroad's Eastern Route from Cincinnati encompassed a stop at the village and continued northward to Waynesville and Lebanon. During the Civil War, Confederate Brig.
John Hunt Morgan and his troops passed through Loveland, seizing possessions of northern and southern sympathizers alike (see Morgan's Raid). Until wagon bridges were assembled across the Little Miami River, settlement of Loveland was mostly confined to the Clermont County side, which had access to a barns station. A wooden bridge spanned the river at Symmestown and Branch Hill from 1850 until it washed out six years later. For years, inhabitants on both sides pushed for a bridge at Loveland, to avoid the long trip to Foster's Crossing or Miamiville, and by 1868 threatened to have Miami Township took in to Hamiton County if Clermont County officials continued to obstruct the project. A $75,000 suspension bridge was finally assembled at Symmestown and Branch Hill and dedicated on July 4, 1871.
It was anchored by four 7,000-pound (3,200 kg) wrought iron columns, at that time the heaviest ever made in the United States. A second bridge, connecting East and West Loveland, was instead of between 1872 and 1876.
In 1876, the Cincinnati Campground at Loveland was the site of the holiness movement's tenth annual National Camp Meeting. In 1886, the skeleton of a mastodon and prehistoric contemporary tools were found in a Loveland gravel pit. In 1903, Loveland voted to turn into a dry village, prohibiting the sale of alcohol inside the village limits 17 years before a nationwide ban.
Loveland was a center of the Temperance boss in Ohio. Downtown Loveland's adjacency to the Little Miami River has made it vulnerable to flooding.
The worst such event, the Ohio Flood of March 1913, finished a corn foundry and washed out the Loveland Bridge, which was replaced with an iron bridge the next year. In the 1920s, The Cincinnati Enquirer ran a promotion that offered a no-charge plot of territory in Loveland, along the Little Miami River, after paying for a one-year subscription to the daily. After a populace spike amid the 1950s, Loveland reincorporated as a chartered town/city the first of only two in Clermont County on July 25, 1961, with George Anderson as its first mayor. The town/city absorbed lesser settlements, such as Paxton, Obanionsville, and Symmestown.
German architect Rudolf Frankel advanced a master plan for Loveland.
Loveland has periodically sought to grew its borders by annexing encircling areas, primarily to the more commercially active west.
In 1993, the town/city attempted to annex parts of Deerfield Township, prompting petitions to instead merge the township with the City of Mason. Moves to merge Symmes Township with Loveland began the next year but ultimately failed.
In 1996, Loveland moved its easterly border by purchasing Col.
Paxton's initial White Pillars homestead, which had remained unincorporated, despite being the first settlement in the Loveland area.
Historic Downtown Loveland at the Loveland Bike Trail crossing.
Seen here is Loveland Avenue, which was originally titled Jackson Street. In the late 1990s, Loveland was designated a Tree City by the National Arbor Day Foundation, as it began a number of accomplishments to promote its Historic Downtown neighborhood, in part to jubilate the city's bicentennial.
The Loveland Beautification Committee was established to sponsor various programs and affairs that aim to advancement landscapes and other buildings around town.
Under the mayorship of Lee Skierkiewicz, Loveland heavily promoted itself as a cycling destination.
The Tour de Loveland, an annual cycling race, was started in order to promote the Loveland Bike Trail as the centerpiece of Historic Downtown Loveland.
The city's accomplishments culminated with USA Cycling Elite National Championship criteriums in June 1998. On January 24, 2005, Loveland City Council voted to cancel the Tour, due to declining attendance and a lack of sponsors. On April 9, 1999, Loveland found itself in the path of an F4 tornado (see Fujita scale).
The tornado claimed four fatalities, including a Loveland resident, before reaching the city.
With "four blooms", Loveland won the 2005 America in Bloom competition for metros/cities with 10,001 to 15,000 residents. Loveland lost to St.
In 2004, CSX Transportation leased the former Baltimore and Ohio barns to Rail - America's Indiana and Ohio Railway system. On May 4, 2007, Ohio's first four-quadrant gate was installed at the Second Street barns crossing in Loveland, as part of a coordinated three-crossing system. Loveland has seen a several controversies over zoning regulation.
In 2003, Mike Showler led a prosperous referendum to block the rezoning. An earlier attempt to precarious a YMCA locale on a section of Phillips Park also failed, when a group of inhabitants protested the city's evolution plans, prompting the YMCA to abandon the location. In December 2006, Loveland announced a plan to build a Loveland Recreation Center on territory adjoining to Phillips Park.
The Recreation Center plan was later revised, but Loveland inhabitants again rejected an income tax levy to fund the center on November 6, 2007. Loveland's chief welcome sign In 1880, when the first census was taken of Loveland in Clermont County, the village had 595 residents, while the unincorporated Hamilton County improve of West Loveland had 197. In 1890, Loveland interval to 761 inhabitants in Clermont and Warren counties, while West Loveland's populace increased to 392. According to 2002 data from the Internal Revenue Service, Loveland inhabitants gave 2.60% of their net income to charity. The city's chief enhance school district, Loveland City School District, directed as separate Loveland East and Loveland West districts until 1926. Until 2009, Loveland High School was positioned in Symmes Township, just outside the town/city limits.
The northern- and southernmost parts of Loveland are served by Sycamore Community School District.
Surrounding communities lie inside the boundaries of Kings Local School District (see Kings High School), Milford Exempted Village School District (Milford High School), and Little Miami Local School District (Little Miami High School). The town/city is also served by the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, a county-wide vocational school district, as well as three county boards of MRDD.
There are many private schools positioned near Loveland, including Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Archbishop Moeller High School, and Ursuline Academy at the secondary level, and St.
At the 2000 census, 24.6% of Loveland kids attended private or parochial schools, the nineteenth-highest rate among Greater Cincinnati communities. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County maintains a branch library in downtown Loveland, as well as a larger county-wide branch library in Symmes Township. The nearest branch of the Clermont County Public Library is in Milford.
Loveland Bike Trail Biking along the Loveland Bike Trail and canoeing along the Little Miami River are prominent activities amid the summer.
Loveland has a series of 16 town/city parks, including neighborhood "tot lots", Nisbet Park, a Veteran's Memorial, and Fireman's Memorial.
The parks are maintained by the City of Loveland Recreation Commission.
The Loveland Bike Trail is a prominent segment of the Little Miami Scenic Trail, a state park that runs through the city.
From spring to fall, citizens canoe down the Little Miami River, departing from the livery at Loveland Canoe & Kayak. The Gothic-style building, also known as the William Johnston House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Grail's nationwide headquarters and retreat center, known as Grailville, has been positioned just outside Loveland since 1944. Loveland's indoor attractions include Castle Skateland, a roller skating rink not to be confused with the exhibition; and the Loveland Stage Company, a theatre group that started in 1979 and has performed at least two primary productions each year since 1980.
In October 2002, after a several years of fundraising and renovations, the group moved into Crist Theater, an old movie theater donated by the Loveland Symmes Fire Department, which is stationed next door. The building had to be rebuilt after a fire gutted it on October 20, 2008. The Loveland region offers a small compilation of bars and restaurants including The Works, Paxton's Grill, La - Rosa's Pizzeria, Cindy's Friendly Tavern, Zappz, Tano Bistro & Catering, and Julian's Deli.
Although the city's unusual name came from the last name of the village storeowner and postmaster, clean water the concept, Loveland has incorporated a "love" infamous throughout the city.
Loveland water towers and park signs sport the city's logo: a red heart inscribed with a sun, clouds, and the Little Miami River, and surrounded with the city's nickname, "Sweetheart of Ohio." The Loveland Post Office, which began operations on October 24, 1831, as the Obionsville Post Office, was also the site of the United States Postal Service's unveiling of a special "Love Stamp" in 1994.
Each year since 1972, the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce has run a special Valentine's Day program, which includes a poetry contest and the selection of a volunteer "Valentine Lady".
The Valentine Lady helps stamp up to 20,000 envelopes by hand with a Valentine-themed cachet and cancellation that reads "There is nothing in this world so sweet as Love." The first Valentine Lady was Doris Pfiester. As of 1992, Valentine's Day is the only day of the year when non-residents may reserve Loveland City Hall for marriage ceremonies, other than for senior people. In 2013, Loveland was titled a "Best Hometown" by Ohio Magazine. Loveland's small-town media consists of the online journal Loveland Magazine which began publishing small-town news in 2004, and The Loveland Herald.
Loveland Magazine, presented by David Miller, is a member of the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA) and is the only locally owned journal positioned in the City.
Loveland Magazine was the first "on-line only" journal accepted into the ONA.
The editorial offices of the Loveland Herald moved from the Loveland region to West Chester in 2015.
The Loveland Herald is now part of the USA Today Network which is owned by the Gannett Company, and part of Enquirer Media.
Defunct newspapers include The Loveland Weekly Herald (1877 ?), The Loveland Enterprise (1884 ?), The Hustler (1906 1911), The Loveland News World (1980s), and The Loveland Record. This list includes notable citizens who at some point lived in Loveland: Cecil Bauer Mayor of Loveland, owner of Bauer Insurance On Television: An episode of the X-Files takes place in Loveland.
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The Warren County Board of Commissioners recently agreed to adjust the boundaries of Hamilton Township in Warren County to make a 71-acre parcel of territory there part of the 'paper' Loveland Township, with boundaries identical to the town/city of Loveland.
Codified Ordinances of Loveland, Ohio.
1990-14 / 2-27-90 / Directing the City Solicitor to petition the Board of County Commissioners of Clermont County for a change in the boundary lines of Loveland Township so as to make them identical with the city-limits of the City...; 1990-15 / 2-27-90 / Directing the City Solicitor to petition the Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County for a change in the boundary lines of Loveland Township so as to make them identical with the city-limits of the City...
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Loveland City Ordinance 105.01 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.: "Corporate Seal".
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Loveland City Council allowed a contract for solid-waste and recycling services with Rumpke Consolidated Companies of Colerain Township through the Southwest Ohio Regional Refuse consortium...
"Loveland wants its sewage plant".
Loveland owns the Polk Run waste-water treatment plant, but Hamilton County has directed it since 1985, Carroll said.
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It is a coincidence that his county home near Loveland, later came into the possession, for a several years, of Judge Charles J.
The YWCA's summer cottage was in Loveland, a non-urban improve 25 miles from the city...
419: "The Clermont County hills around Loveland were famous for peaches and strawberries that were shipped to all parts of the United States.
In northern Loveland in Warren County, Sarah Todd Jones, described by Horwitz as a 'sharp-tongued' Southern sympathizer, tried to save her horse from being taken.
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24: "Bones of a mastodon and implements were found thirty feet below the surface of the ground, in a gravel pit, at Loveland, Ohio, in 1866." "Loveland A Dry Town".
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"Loveland rail crossing upgraded".
The gates cover three interconnected barns crossings at West Loveland Avenue, Second Street (Ohio 48) and Riverside Drive.
"Loveland eases gun law".
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Total for Loveland village (a), in Miami township, Clermont county, Loveland village (part of) 732 ...
Total for Loveland village (a), in Hamilton township, Loveland village (part of) 29 "Enumeration of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 1890".
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Family owned and directed since 1976, Castle Skateland in Loveland offers the biggest skating floor in the Tristate inside a 32,000 square foot facility.
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Established as Obionsville Post Office on October 24, 1831, name changed to Obanionsville Post Office on July 31, 1832, name changed to Loveland Post Office on January 14, 1848.
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Each year, thousands of citizens send addressed, stamped envelopes to the Valentine Lady for the Loveland stamp.
The initial Valentine Lady was Doris Pfiester, a secretary to the Loveland Businessman's Club.
"Loveland shows its heart for Valentine weddings" (fee required).
Five couples have reservations at Loveland City Hall to be married on Valentine's Day in the council chambers with Mayor Roland Boike officiating.
City hall marriage ceremonies are restricted the rest of the year to Loveland residents, except in the case of senior people, town/city officials said.
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Jake Robinson, Loveland native and St.
Some were recorded on audiotape amid his regular travels up Interstate 71 between his home in Loveland and his company in Cleveland, a cartoon-character licensing and branding business called Character Matters.
"Loveland woman competes in Beijing".
Ketchum, a Sycamore High graduate who swam for Michigan and competed in the 2004 Olympics, is in his first season as coach at Loveland High.
Ketchum works as an engineer for General Electric and lives in Loveland with his wife, a schoolteacher.
The Loveland Herald.
Born in the Elder heartland, the current Loveland resident is eager to begin his tenure at CHCA.
Smith, a Central State University graduate and Loveland, Ohio, native, said blacks, Hispanics, female heads of homeholds and other minorities cost the nation $200 billion annually in lost earning power, while the government foots a $100 billion annual bill for entitlement costs.
In the late `50s, she was given a chance to study in the United States, first at Grailville Community College in Loveland, Ohio, where she majored in home economics...
A resident of Loveland, [Jerry] Springer is married with a 15-year-old daughter...
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