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Maineville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45039. The Survey maps it on the South Lebanon quadrangle. 1,405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Maineville within Warren County

Population over time

2 figures

Maineville grew from 975 to 1,405 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.

YearPeople Change
2010975
20201,405+430 (+44%)

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Maineville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Maineville, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

33,569 words on this township

The History of Warren County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Hamilton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first saw-mill in the township was built by Theophilus Simonton, the neighbors contributing largely in its completion by volunteer labor in digging the trench some three- fourths of a mile that conveyed the water from the main stream to the mill. This mill was built about the year 1812, and located on the creek near where Simonton first settled. This stream was named Conococheague Creek by the early settlers from Pennsylvania. At a later date, Samuel B. Walker's sons built a saw-mill on the same stream, on the farm now owned by A. J. Walker. These mills were what might be termed wet- weather mills, as it was only during comparatively wet times that there was sufficient water to furnish the necessary motive power, and were, under the most favorable circumstances, of very limited capacity; yet to these early settlers they were a great convenience. Since then many other mills, mostly steam, have been located at different points throughout the township until the greater part of the saw timber has been converted into lumber. In the early times, and indeed, for many years, salt was an expensive article, and was with much diffi- culty obtained. Farmers would frequently combine together and load a wagon with corn, take it to Cincinnati, and return with a barrel of salt, the proceeds of the load of com. About the year 1803 or 1804, one Peter Wilson, having discovered that certain springs, some half mile south of the present site of Maineville, possessed, in some degree, a saline quality, and being furnished with some capital by Gen. Lytle, undertook the manufacture of this article of household necessity. He sunk some three or four wells to a considerable 'depth, built a furnace, and placed in it a number of kettles, and proceeded to collect the water and boil it down; but the water proving too weak to make the enterprise a paying one, Wilson soon abandoned it The furnace and kettles, however, remained for a number of years, and neighboring farmers for quite a distance would frequently camp there and boil down the water from the wells, and in this way procure small quantities of salt for their own use.

Passage source: The History of Warren County, Ohio, published 1882.

The Maineville Burying Ground is of later origin. The following, copied from an inscription on a stone, probably marks about the time of its establishment as a resting-place for the dead: M Sacred to the memory of Peter Dudley, who departed this life October 22, 1819. w

Passage source: The History of Warren County, Ohio, published 1882.

The first post office in the township was at Hopkinsville, established is 1825, and afterward post offices were established in the following order viz. : Dallasburg, 1848, Maineville, 1854; Foster's Crossing, 1859; Murdoch, 1866, and Cozaddale, 1871. The very earliest settlers received their mail probably at Lebanon. The following, copied from the address on the back of an early letter, will show how indefinite the directions :

Passage source: The History of Warren County, Ohio, published 1882.

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 Hamilton Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 3,734 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,734 specimens collected within 10 miles of Maineville between 1850 and 1974: 2,913 Animalia, 676 Fungi, 90 Plantae, 40 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14529, A. Gaufin, A. H. W. Povah 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ipomoea lacunosa L.Ipomoea lacunosa L.1877Joseph Francis JamesLoveland
Specimen of Puccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) ArthurPuccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Arthur1878James, F.Loveland
Specimen of Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1892H. SmithCreek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon
A photograph of the species Fomes applanatus, not of this specimenFomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr.1850James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1877James, J.F.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus hirsutus, not of this specimenPolyporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr.1877James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Rumex altissimus, not of this specimenRumex altissimus Wood1877J. F. JamesLoveland.
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Collector(s): unknownFoster Point
A photograph of the species Fomes scutellatus, not of this specimenFomes scutellatus (Schwein.) Cooke1878James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Justicia americana, not of this specimenJusticia americana (L.) Vahl1878Lloyd, Curtis GatesLoveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus adustus, not of this specimenPolyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus cinnabarinus, not of this specimenPolyporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland

All 3,734 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Maineville: 4 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dravo South Lebanon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Michael PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Morrow Gravel Plant No 1 Mill & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrow Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Turtlecreek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maineville in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002HailMaineville$2,500,000Extensive hail damage to homes, cars and businesses occurred across the southern part of the county from Twenty Mile Stand, through Maineville to near Morrow and Pleasant Plain.
April 1999Tornado (F2)Maineville$2,500,000A tornado touched down in eastern Hamilton Township causing heavy damage to a farmstead. The roof of the house and an extension to a barn were destroyed. Further down the path, a house was skewed from its foundation.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Maineville$200,000The tornado developed just east of Maineville, where tree and garage damage occurred in the area near Mounts Road, with more extensive tree damage near the intersection of Morrow Cozaddale Road and Ireland Road. The tornado moved northeast and caused damage in a subdivision near Morrow. Tree damage and minor home also occurred on Alpine Heights Drive and Jessica Suzanne Drive. The tornado paralleled U.S. Route 22 near Roachester, where the metal roof of an outbuilding was removed, and several trees were uprooted or knocked down. The last known damage associated with this tornado occurred on Fischer Road, where a tree was blown onto a home.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Maineville$10,000A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Shamrock and Morrow-Cozzadale Roads. A metal shed sustained some damage, along with several large tree limbs being knocked down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMaineville$10,000Numerous trees were downed across the county.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMaineville$10,000Several large trees were downed, one of which fell on a home.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMaineville$5,000A tree fell onto a house.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMaineville$5,000Trees were downed and a barn sustained minor damage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMaineville$3,000Several trees were downed in the Maineville area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMaineville$3,000Several large tree limbs were downed.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMaineville$3,000Trees were knocked down.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMaineville$3,000Four large trees were uprooted.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMaineville$2,000A couple of trees were downed in the Maineville area.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMaineville$2,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000Several large limbs were knocked down in the Village on the Green neighborhood off Stephens Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000A tree was knocked down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000A large tree was downed near Majestic Court.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000Large limbs were reported broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMaineville$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMaineville$500A tree was reported snapped.
July 2025Flash FloodMaineville-Water was rushing over Mounts Road along Salt Run.
July 2025Flash FloodMaineville-Water was reported to be rushing over the intersection of Mulberry Street and Broadway Street.
April 2006Flash FloodMaineville-US Route 22 and Socialville-Foster Road were flooded.
May 2024HailMaineville-no account filed
May 2020HailMaineville-no account filed
April 2013HailMaineville-no account filed
April 2013HailMaineville-no account filed
May 2011HailMaineville-no account filed
June 2009HailMaineville-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMaineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hopkinsville1.6 miles14
Foster1.7 miles15
Murdock1.8 miles14
Butterworth (historical)2.0 miles15
Loveland Park2.5 miles15
Zoar2.9 miles14
Kings Mills3.2 miles14
Twenty Mile Stand3.2 miles15

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 MainevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2013104The 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 1066312. 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.