Kings Mills is a

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in the southwestern corner of Deerfield Township, Warren County,

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, on the western shore of the

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. Located along I-71 twenty miles northeast of

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, it is less than a mile east of Mason, two miles southwest of South Lebanon, two and one-half miles north of Fosters, and two miles west of Hopkinsville. Another town, Gainsboro, was platted on this site in 1815, but it did not prosper. Kings Mills was established in 1884 as a company town for the King Powder Company, and the

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which ceased operations in 1944. The town is in the Mason (513)

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and is served by the Kings Mills/Kings Island post office (45034). It is in the Kings Local School District. The Little Miami Scenic Trail, which runs from Milford to Spring Valley, passes by the community on the eastern shore of the

in the former Little Miami Railroad

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amusement park and

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indoor water park are immediately south of the community in Mason. Kings Mills was formerly the home of the

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, which moved to

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in 1995.Hall moving from South Bend to Atlanta
Associated Press, September 23, 2009, Accessed September 23, 2009.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio Populated places established in 1884 Company towns in Ohio 1884 establishments in Ohio