BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Preble County · listed in 1970 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fort St. Clair Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1911.
The listing
- Address. 1 mi. W of Eaton, Eaton
- When was it listed? November 1970
- Category. site
- National Register reference number. 70000514 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1911 to 1953The ground this property stands on, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Newspapers printed here
5 papers5 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Democratic Press | 1860 to 1865 |
| The Eaton Democrat | 1875 to 1903 |
| Eaton Weekly Democrat | 1866 to 1875 |
| Preble County Democrat | 1857 to 1859 |
| Eaton Democrat | 1843 to 1856 |
Maps showing this location
5 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1911 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Eaton South quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Clair Street Bridge | 0.8 miles | 1978 |
 | Acton House | 1.0 miles | 1985 |
 | Eaton High School | 1.1 miles | 2014 |
 | Daniel Christman Homestead | 1.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Christman Covered Bridge | 2.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Roberts Covered Bridge | 2.5 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000514 in Record Group 79. |
| Preble County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.