Amelia, Ohio | |
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![The Amelia welcome sign, removed in 2019.[2]](view_image.php?q=Amelia,_Ohio&sq=&lang=&file=File:AmeliaOH1_(cropped).JPG) The Amelia welcome sign, removed in 2019.[2] | |
| Motto: Where Vision Becomes Reality | |
 Location of Amelia, Ohio | |
 Location of Amelia in Clermont County | |
| Coordinates: 39°01′37″N 84°13′19″W / 39.02694°N 84.22194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Clermont |
| Incorporated | December 20, 1900 |
| Dissolved | November 25, 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor-elect | Renee Gerber[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.55 sq mi (14.38 km2) |
| • Land | 5.54 sq mi (14.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 12,575 |
| • Density | 2,271.91/sq mi (877.26/km2) |
| Demonym | Amelian[6] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 45102 |
| Area code | 513 |
| FIPS code | 39-01742[7] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2805373[5] |
| Website | www |
Amelia is an unincorporated community and former village in Pierce and Batavia townships in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,575 at the 2020 census. Amelia incorporated in 1900. In November 2019, residents voted to dissolve the village over the imposition of a local income tax.[3] Amelia was by far the most populous village in state history to be dissolved and the first to be partitioned between two townships.[8][9]
- ^ Vilvens, Sheila (June 29, 2018). "Residents call for the dissolution of Clermont County Village of Amelia". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ Mervosh, Sarah (November 26, 2019). "They Wanted to Save Their 119-Year-Old Village. So They Got Rid of It". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ a b "Amelia residents vote to dissolve village". WCPO-TV. E. W. Scripps Company. 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amelia, Ohio
- ^ Wartman, Scott (October 28, 2019). "Ever been to Newtonsville, Ohio? Now's your chance. It's one of two local villages that could disappear". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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