Kings Mills, Ohio

Kings Mills is an unincorporated community in the northeastern 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.

Related Topics:
Deerfield Township - Warren County, Ohio - Little Miami River - Mason - South Lebanon - Fosters - Hopkinsville

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Another town was platted on this site in the 1820s called Gainsboro, but it did not prosper. Kings Mills was established in 1884 as a company town for the King Powder Company which ceased operations in the 1940s.

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1820s - 1884 - 1940s

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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. The Kings Island amusement park is immediately south of the community and has Kings Mills as its mailing address.

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The Little Miami Bike Trail, which runs from Milford to Spring Valley, passes by the community on the eastern shore of the Little Miami River in the former Little Miami Railroad right of way.

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Little Miami Bike Trail - Milford - Spring Valley - Little Miami River - Little Miami Railroad - Right of way

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Kings Mills was formerly the home of the College Football Hall of Fame, now in South Bend, Indiana.

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College Football Hall of Fame - South Bend, Indiana

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