Southern Clermont County

Southern Clermont County includes Ohio, Monroe, Tate, Washington, and Franklin Townships, as well as the villages of New Richmond, Bethel, Moscow, Neville, Chilo, and Felicity in Clermont County, Ohio.

Understand

Clermont County's most famous son is Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, a small village along the Ohio River. Grant became one of America's most important military leaders during The American Civil War. His wartime success led him to become the next American President after Andrew Johnson succeeded to the presidency after Lincoln's assassination.

Get in

By car

SR133

State Route 133 passes through the township.

See

Grant Birthplace

• 1 Cardboard Boat Museum (New Richmond). (updated Jul 2019)
• 2 Ross-Gowdy House Museum (New Richmond). (updated Jul 2019)
• 3 Ulysses S. Grant's Birthplace, 1551 State Route 232; Point Pleasant, ☏ +1 513-553-4911.  
• 4 Chilo Lock #34 Park and Museum, Located off US Route 52, just a half mile east of State Route 222; Village of Chilo. (Chilo), ☏ +1 513-876-9013. (updated Jul 2019)
• 5 Utopia Ohio ruins (Franklin Township). A former religious commune that believed their community would usher in 35,000 years of peace and oceans of lemonade. Utopia was later destroyed by a flood. Now there are a few people who live here, but not many, and it's more or less a ghost town. (updated Jan 2019)

Do

• 1 Starlite Drive In. (updated Feb 2019)
• 2 Crooked Run Memorial Sanctuary. Nature preserve (updated Jan 2019)

Eat

• Chilo Dairy Bar - U.S. 52 near Chilo Locks County Park. Offers soft serve ice milk and assorted short-order fare, including breakfast, pizza, burgers, tenderloins, etc. Limited fall/winter hours, usually meaning closed M Tu and open for day-trippers on US 52 towards the latter part of the week. A nice place to stop for a snack to enjoy in the park while watching the Ohio River.
• 1 Feed Mill Restaurant & Pizza (Felicity). (updated Jan 2019)

Drink

• Pont Inn, 1575 US Highway 52 (Located about five miles southeast of New Richmond), ☏ +1 513-553-3355. 
• Charlies Pub, 416 North Market Street, ☏ +1 513-876-3409. 
• 1 Harmony Hills Vineyard (Bethel). (updated Jul 2019)

Connect

• 1 Felicity Branch Library, 209 Prather Rd, ☏ +1 513-876-4134. (updated Apr 2020)