Anderson Township is a
township located in southeastern
Hamilton County, Ohio. In
2000 its population was 43,857, and the area remaining in the unincorporated township was 30.7 miČ.
The first residents came in
1788 when Benjamin Site settled at the mouth of the
Little Miami River[?].
Anderson was the fifth township organized in Hamilton County in
1793.
Being east of the
Little Miami River[?], it was part of the
Virginia Military District[?], and was named for Richard Anderson who was
Virginia's chief surveyor.
Newtown, then called Mercersburg, was first settled in
1792.
The township is situated in rolling hills with steep , wooded hillsides leading down to the Little Miami and
Ohio Rivers.
It was important in it early days as the site of Flinn's Ford, the southern-most crossing of the Miami.
As of 1990, 36% of Anderson Township had been developed into suburban communities for
Cincinnati, 13% into farmland, and the remainder is woodland.
Interstate 275 and U.S Highway 125 cross the townsship from east to west, and the interstate bridge to Northern Kentucky is located its the southwest section.
The Township's web site (
http://www.andersontownship.org/)