Kings Mills, Ohio - Definition and Overview

Kings Mills is an unincorporated community in the northwestern corner of Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio, on the western shore of the Little Miami River. It is about three miles east of Mason, two miles southwest of South Lebanon, two and one-half miles north of Fosters, and two miles west of Hopkinsville. It is best known as the mailing address for the Kings Island theme park.

It was established in 1884 as a company town for the King Powder Company which ceased operations in the 1940s.

The town is in the Mason telephone exchange and is served by the Kings Mills post office (45034). It is in the Kings Local School District.

Another town was platted on this site in the 1820s called Gainsboro, but it did not prosper.