Point Pleasant is a small
unincorporated community in southern
Monroe Township,
Clermont County,
Ohio,
United States. It is on the Ohio River, around southeast of
Cincinnati.
U.S. Route 52 passes through Point Pleasant, where it intersects
State Route 232.
History
Point Pleasant was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...
ted in 1813. A post office called Point Pleasant that was established in 1826 remained in operation until 1983. By 1833, Point Pleasant had about 130 inhabitants. The
Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated the community.
Point Pleasant is the
birthplace
The place of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person. Practice regarding whether this place should be a cou ...
of
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
.
The one-story
cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...
where he was born was taken by barge on a tour across the country, then by rail to
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and ...
, where it was displayed at the
Ohio State Fair
The Ohio State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States, held in Columbus, Ohio during late July through early August. As estimated in a 2011 economic impact study conducted by Saperstein & Associates; the State Fair contributes ...
grounds. It was returned to Point Pleasant in 1936, where it has been restored with period furniture and opened to tours.
Gallery
File:PointPleasantOH1.JPG, Point Pleasant community sign.
File:PointPleasantOH2.JPG, Junction of US Highway 52 and Ohio Highway 232 in Point Pleasant.
Image:GrantBirthplace.jpg, Birthplace of Ulysses Grant.
Image:Point Pleasant, Ohio 1877 map.jpg, Detail of 1877 map showing Point Pleasant, Ohio.
References
See also
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List of cities and towns along the Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of I ...
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Clermont County, Ohio
Ohio populated places on the Ohio River
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