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Hamilton Township, one of eleven in Warren County, Ohio, is in the south central portion of the county. The 2000 census found 9,630 people there, up significantly from the 5,900 in 1990. It is the fastest growing area of Warren County and is about 36 square miles (93 km²) in area. It is named for Alexander Hamilton.
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Location of Maineville, Ohio
Hamilton Township is bounded on the west and north by the Little Miami River (to the west is Deerfield Township and to the north is Union Township); to the east by Salem and Harlan Townships; and to the south by the Clermont County townships of Goshen and Miami.
It was one of the four original townships of Warren County, created on May 10, 1803, when the county was just nine days old. It originally encompassed all of the present Hamilton Township, plus the portion of Salem Township to the south of the Little Miami, all of Harlan Township, and most of Washington Township. On June 24, 1813, the eastern part of the township was sepearated by drawing a line south from the mouth of Todd's Fork on the Little Miami. The entirety of the township is in the Virginia Military District and was surveyed under the metes and bounds system.
The village of Maineville is near the center of the township. Parts of the township have been annexed by South Lebanon in the north and Loveland in the south. The communities of Zoar, Cozzadale, Murdock, Hopkinsville, Dallasburg, and Fosters are located here.
Most of the township is in the Little Miami Local School District, but parts are in the Loveland City, Kings Local, and Goshen Local School Districts. The township is primarily served by the Little Miami and South Lebanon telephone exchanges, but parts lie in the Morrow and Butlerville exchanges. Mail is delivered through the Maineville, Loveland, Goshen, South Lebanon, and Morrow post offices.
The major roads are US Route 22/Ohio 3, also known as the 3C Highway and originally known as the Cincinnati, Montgomery, and Hopkinsville pike. The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, which was absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ran through the southeast corner of the township, while the Little Miami Road followed the Little Miami River through the township. (This is now the Little Miami Bike Trail.)
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