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Early settlers traveled down the
Ohio River to the area that is now Hamilton County by flatboat
and in 1788 founded Losantiville, which was soon renamed
Cincinnati. Hamilton County, named for Alexander Hamilton, was
established in 1790. It was the second county to be carved out
of the Northwest Territory and predated Ohio statehood by over
12 years. It had 2,000 inhabitants and its boundaries included
roughly one-eighth of what is now Ohio. Development of the new
county took place mainly in Cincinnati, which soon became a
booming river town (“The Queen City of the West”) as Ohio River
barges and steamboats brought settlers of varied national
origins and industrial skills. Settlers soon fanned out from the
crowded riverfront area to the valleys and hilltops, forming new
towns of individual character, many of which later became part
of Cincinnati.
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