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Bridgetown, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45248. The Survey maps it on the Addyston quadrangle. 14,731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,953 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBridgetown grew from 14,407 to 14,731 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14,407 | |
| 2020 | 14,731 | +324 (+2%) |
Then and now
1914 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS West Cincinnati quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Addyston quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Green township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Mrs. Sidney S. Jackson
and a half years. He was also a member of the Walnut Hill school board, and laid the corner stone ffi the first school building built under the free school law. When the late war broke out he entered the army with four sons, two of whom were killed, one at Chancellorsville, the other murdered. He was in the first battle of the west at Vienna, and served, at one time, as a member of the staff.
In the county-history sources
20,298 words on this townshipHistory of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Green Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Toward the opposite corner of the township, on the south, as the Ohio is neared, in the valley of Muddy creek, as at some other points in the township, the hills become abrupt, and command many fine views. The numerous valleys created by the water-courses render the scenery exceedingly picturesque; and many attractive building sites have been occupied in the Lick run and other valleys. Much of the territory of Green is deemed specially suited for suburban residence. Over three and a half sections in the southeastern part of the township, mostly near the line of the narrow-guage railroad, has been laid off for the suburb of Westwood; and the eastern half of sections five and six, in the northeastern corner, has been appropriated by the suburb of Mount Airy, the remainder of which lies in Mill Creek township. There is an unusual number of villages in the township - as Cheviot, Dent, Bridgetown, Weisenburgh, St. Jacob's, Sheartown, Covedale, Five Corners, Dry Ridge, and others.
Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.
Some of the most interesting and attractive drives in the county are through this township, upon the Cleves and Harrison turnpike, the Colerain pike, a mile of whose course lies through the northeastern corner, and other important roads, some of which lie, as in the newer States settled upon Congress lands, on the section lines. The Cincinnati & Westwood narrow-gauge railway lies mostly in Green township, and is at present the only iron road within its limits. Starting at Ernst Station, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, in the city, it comes up the valley of Lick run, from which it soon diverges to reach the higher ground, across which it runs for more than three miles in a general northwesterly direction, stopping for the present at Robb's, near Bridgetown. The projected Cincinnati & Venice railway, if built upon the surveyed line, will enter the township from the north at St. Jacob's, proceed nearly due south four miles, and intersect this road just south of Cheviot.
Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.
Green township, and is also director and secretary of the Cleves Turnpike company. He was born on the twentythird of August, 1837, received a good common school education, and has been honored by the people of his township in various positions of trust, having served three terms as township trustee, and been a member of the board of education; he is also a director and vicepresident of the Harvest Home association. His father, Washington Hay, came from Baltimore about the year 1806, and purchased a farm near Bridgetown, a part of which George Hay now owns.
Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Green Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 4,647 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,647 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bridgetown between 1819 and 1975: 2,111 Fungi, 1,527 Animalia, 829 Plantae, 140 Protozoa, 21 Unrecorded, 18 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. F. Braun and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Clavaria striata Pers. | 1899 | Aiken, Walter H. | College Hill |
 | Corticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1899 | C.G. Lloyd | Cincinnati |
 | Microsphaera diffusa Cooke & Peck | 1899 | Aiken, Walter H. | Cincinnati |
 | Quercus × leana Nutt. | 1819 | Thomas Nuttall | 3 miles North of Cincinnati |
 | Atrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp. | 1820 | T. G. Lea | probably Cincinnatti |
 | Barbula unguiculata Hedw. | 1820 | T. G. Lea | probably Cincinnatti |
 | Rhus venenata DC. | 1830 | Clark, Joseph | North of Cincinnati |
 | Equisetum arvense L. | 1834 | Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G. | Cincinnati |
 | Carex comosa Boott | 1835 | Collector unspecified | In citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati. [Inferred locality from precise loc.] |
 | Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. | 1835 | Frank | in ditione Miami civitatis Ohio |
 | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Cincinnati. |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Kellerman, W.A. | College Hill |
All 4,647 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bridgetown: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Lynn Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Taylorsport Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cargill Salt Terminal | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Salt Service | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cincinnati Warehouse | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgetown in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Lightning | Bridgetown | $25,000 | Lightning struck a home causing significant damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgetown | $5,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down across the western Cincinnati suburbs. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Bridgetown | $3,000 | A water rescue occurred due to high water near the intersection of Wesselman Road and Bridge Point Pass. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgetown | $3,000 | Numerous large limbs and a couple of large trees were blown down. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Bridgetown | $1,000 | Portions of Harrison Avenue were closed due to high water caused by heavy rain. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Bridgetown | - | A Ham radio operator reported nickel size hail in Green Township. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bridgetown | - | Standing water due to heavy rain was reported on a couple of roads. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgetown | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bridgetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4966785 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048549. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.