Warren County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 242,337. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county is one of Ohio’s most affluent, with the county median income the highest of Ohio’s 88 counties. The county was created on May 1, 1803 from Hamilton County; it is named for Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the Revolution who sent Paul Revere and the overlooked William Dawes on their famous rides and who died at the

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. Warren County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Warren County was founded in 1803. The first non-Native American settlers were migrants from New England. During the election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln received 60% of the vote in Warren County, and in 1864 he was reelected with 70% of the vote in the county. From that time on the county was a stronghold of the Republican party, with Ulysses S. Grant going on to carry the county by large margins in both 1868 and 1872.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water. The county is a rough square with the sides roughly 20 miles (30 km) long.

Adjacent counties

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(northwest) * Greene County (northeast) * Clinton County (east) *

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(south) * Hamilton County (southwest) * Butler County (west)

Boundaries

Warren County was created by the first

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in the Act of March 24, 1803, which also created Butler and Montgomery Counties. The act defined Warren County as "all that part of the county of Hamilton included within the following bounds, viz.: Beginning at the northeast corner of the county of Clermont, running thence west with the line of said county to the

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; thence up the same with the meanders thereof to the north boundary of the first tier of sections in the second entire range of townships in the Miami Purchase; thence west to the northeast corner of Section No. 7 in the third township of the aforesaid range; thence north to the

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; thence up the same to the middle of the fifth range of townships; thence east to the County line; thence with same south to the place of beginning." Originally this included land now in Clinton County as far east as Wilmington. Clinton County proved a continuing headache to the legislature. The Ohio Constitution requires that every county have an area of at least four hundred square miles (1,036 km²). Clinton County's boundaries were several times adjusted in an effort to comply with that clause of the constitution. One of them, the Act of January 30, 1815, detached a strip of land from the eastern side to give to Clinton. That would have left Warren under four hundred square miles (1,036 km²), so a portion of Butler County (the part of Franklin Township where

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is now located) was attached to Warren in compensation. The 1815 act was as follows: * Section 1—That all that part of the county of Butler lying and being within the first and second fractional townships in the fifth range, and adjoining the south line of Montgomery County, shall be and the same is hereby attached to and made part of the county of Warren. * Section 2—That eleven square miles 28 km² of the territory of the county of Warren and extending parallel to the said eastern boundary of Warren County, along the whole length of such eastern boundary from north to south, shall be and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the county of Clinton." Except for the sections formed by the Great and Little Miamis, the sides are all straight lines.

Lakes and rivers

The major rivers of the county are the Great Miami River, which flows through the northwest corner of the county in Franklin Township, and the Little Miami River which zig-zags across the county from north to south. There is one sizable lake, the Caesars Creek Reservoir, created by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on Caesars Creek in the northeast part of the county in Massie Township.

Demographics

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 158,383 people, 55,966 households, and 43,261 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 58,692 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 94.66% White, 2.73% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population. There were 55,966 households, out of which 39.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.20% were

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living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.70% were non-families. 18.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.12. In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.70% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 34.00% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 9.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 102.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $57,952, and the median income for a family was $64,692. Males had a median income of $47,027 versus $30,862 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,517. About 3.00% of families and 4.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.40% of those under age 18 and 4.70% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the

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, there were 212,693 people, 76,424 households, and 57,621 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 80,750 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 90.5% white, 3.9% Asian, 3.3% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 28.7% were German, 14.1% were Irish, 12.0% were English, 11.6% were

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, and 5.0% were Italian. Of the 76,424 households, 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.6% were non-families, and 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.14. The median age was 37.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $71,274 and the median income for a family was $82,090. Males had a median income of $61,091 versus $41,331 for females. The per capita income for the county was $31,935. About 4.7% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Warren County is home to the Mason Business Center, a research and development facility for Procter and Gamble (P&G), whose global headquarters are located in downtown Cincinnati. Originally built in 1995 after three years of construction, P&G recently completed expansion of a new Beauty and Innovation Center in 2019, adding an additional 1,000 jobs for a total of 2,800 employees at the site. Mason is also home to the corporate headquarters of LensCrafters.

Top employers

According to the county's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the county are:

Government and infrastructure

Warren County has a 3-member

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that administer and oversee the various County departments, similar to all but 2 of the 88 Ohio counties. The original county commissioners in 1804 were Robert Benham,

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and William James. The elected commissioners now serve four-year terms. Warren County's current elected commissioners are: * County Commissioners: Tom Grossmann (R), Shannon Jones (R), and David Young (R).

Hospitals

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– Middletown (Formerly Middletown Regional Hospital) *

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– Lebanon (Branch of Bethesda North Hospital)

Post offices

The following post offices, with ZIP codes, serve Warren County: * Blanchester, 45107 *

, 45005 * Cincinnati (Sharonville branch), 45241 * Cincinnati (Symmes branch), 45249 * Clarksville, 45113 * Dayton (Centerville/Washington Twp. branch), 45458 * Franklin, 45005 *

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, 45032 * Goshen, 45122 * Kings Mills, 45034 * Lebanon, 45036 * Loveland, 45140 * Maineville, 45039 *

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, 45040 * Miamisburg, 45342 * Middletown, 45044 * Monroe, 45050 * Morrow, 45152 * Oregonia, 45054 * Pleasant Plain, 45162 * South Lebanon, 45065 * Springboro,45066 * Waynesville, 45068

Telephone service

These are the telephone companies serving Warren County: CenturyLink (CL); FairPoint Communications (FP); Cincinnati Bell (Cin); AT&T (AT&T); TDS Telecom (TDS); and Frontier Communications (F). Warren County is in the 513 and 937 area codes. The following exchange areas serve Warren County, listed with the area code and incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) abbreviation from above serving that exchange (list may not be up-to-date): * Bellbrook (937-AT&T): 310, 661, 848 * Blanchester (937-F): 783 * Butlerville (513-TDS): 877 * Centerville (937-AT&T): 350, 619, 885, 886 * Clarksville (937-F): 289, 501, 574, 577 * Franklin (937-AT&T): 514, 550, 557, 704, 743, 746, 748, 790, 806, 928 * Germantown (937-FP): 855 * Lebanon (513-CL): 228, 282, 331, 695, 696, 836, 850, 932, 933, 934 * Little Miami (513-Cin): 239, 248, 274, 334, 340, 444, 453, 575, 576, 583, 600, 677, 683, 697, 707, 716, 722, 774, 831, 833, 965 * Mason (513-CL): 336, 339, 398, 459, 492, 573, 622, 754, 229, 234, 701, 770 * Miamisburg-West Carrollton (937-AT&T): 247, 353, 384, 388, 530, 560, 847, 859, 865, 866, 914 * Middletown (513-AT&T): 217, 222, 224, 261, 267, 292, 306, 318, 320, 355, 392, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 433, 435, 464, 465, 571, 594, 649, 705, 727, 783, 804, 849, 890, 915 * Monroe (513-AT&T): 360, 539 * Morrow (513-CL): 899 * New Burlington (937-F): 488 * South Lebanon (513-CL): 268, 480, 494 * Spring Valley (937-AT&T): 317, 659, 862 * Springboro (937-AT&T): 743, 746, 748, 885, 886 - (513-CL): 902, 915, 956 * Waynesville (513-CL): 897

Politics

Warren County has long been one of the most Republican counties in Ohio, and has been since the party was established in the 1850s. Since the first presidential election after its founding, 1856, Warren County has supported the Republican candidate for president all but once, the exception being 1964 when Warren County voted for Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson over

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. In 2008, Warren County cast the largest net vote for

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of any Ohio county. Before the Republican Party was formed, Warren County supported the Whigs. The Republican trend is no less pronounced at the state level. Since 1869, Warren County has almost always supported the Republican candidate for

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, the exceptions being in 1924 when it supported

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, 1932 ( George White), 1952 ( Frank Lausche), and 1958 (

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). However, other than DiSalle, each of these four Democrats, who were all victorious statewide, were conservative Democrats. In local races, Warren County occasionally elected Democrats for much of the 20th century. In 1976, two of the three county commission seats were won by Democrats, and as late as the 1990s, local elections between Democrats and Republicans frequently remained competitive. However, with the massive expansion of Warren County's population in the 1990s, the county swiftly became a Republican stronghold, this being indicated by the fact that Republicans' typically ran unopposed. In elections between 1996 and 2012, in which eight county offices were on the ballot, no Democrat filed to run. In November 1999, the last elected Democrat to hold office in Warren County, a member of the Educational Service Center (county school board), lost her seat to a Republican.

Education

Public school districts

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(also in Brown, Clermont, and Clinton) *

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(also in Montgomery) ** Carlisle High School, Carlisle (the Indians) * Clinton-Massie Local School District (also in Clinton) * Franklin City School District ** Franklin High School, Franklin (the Wildcats) * Goshen Local School District (also in Clermont) *

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** Kings High School, Kings Mills (the Knights) *

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** Lebanon High School, Lebanon (the Warriors) * Little Miami Local School District (also in Clermont) ** Little Miami High School, Morrow (the Panthers) * Loveland City School District (also in Clermont and Hamilton) * Mason City School District ** William Mason High School, Mason (the Comets) * Middletown City School District (also in Butler) * Monroe Local School District (also in Butler) * Princeton City School District (also in Butler and Hamilton) * Springboro Community City School District (also in Montgomery) ** Springboro High School, Springboro (the Panthers) * Wayne Local School District **

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, Waynesville (the Spartans) * Warren County Vocational School District ** Warren County Career Center, Lebanon *

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(also in Greene and Clinton)

Private schools

* Bishop Fenwick High School – Franklin * Lebanon Christian School – Lebanon *

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- Mason * Middletown Christian Schools – Franklin * St. Margaret of York School – Loveland *

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– Mason * St. Susanna Parish School – Mason *

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– Mason * St. Francis de Sales – Lebanon * CinDay Academy - Springboro

Virtual schools

* Warren County Virtual Community School

Vocational schools

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Colleges and universities

Warren County has no native colleges or universities, but was the original site selected for Miami University which instead located in Oxford, Ohio in 1809. National Normal University, a teachers college, was in Lebanon from 1855 until 1917 when it closed. Several colleges offer classes in Warren County at various locations, including Sinclair Community College of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati, and Wilmington College. Sinclair opened a branch in the Mason area in 2007. The University of Cincinnati owns of land at the intersections of I-71 and Wilmington road, but no plans for development on the site have been announced.

Libraries

The county has six public libraries: * Franklin Public Library - Franklin * Lebanon Public Library - Lebanon * Mary L. Cook Public Library – Waynesville * Mason Public Library - Mason * Salem Township Public Library - Morrow * Springboro Public Library - Springboro

Transportation

Highways

Interstate 71 * I-75

Interstate 75 * US 22

U.S. Route 22 * US 42

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State Route 3 The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3. For roads numbered 3A, see 3A. International * Asian Highway 3 * Europea ...

State Route 28 * OH-48

State Route 48 * OH-63

State Route 63 * OH-73

State Route 73 * OH-122

State Route 122 * OH-123

State Route 123 * OH-132

State Route 132 * OH-350

State Route 350 * OH-741

State Route 741

Airports

Warren County has one public airport, designated as

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(I68). The runway is a 4502' x 65' paved and lighted North-South runway (01/19), and parallel taxiway. Navigation and communications equipment includes PAPI, AWOS, Pilot Controlled Lighting, and UNICOM. The airport runway, taxiway, and navigation equipment is owned by the County. The county leases a public terminal, but other facilities are privately owned and operated under contract by a Fixed-base operator. The airport serves general and business aviation, but has no commercial airlines. There are also two privately owned operating airports in the county; Waynesville airport, also known as Red Stewart Field (40I), and Caesar Creek Gliderport (2OH9), both with grass runways. Operations have ceased at two former private paved runway airports, Brownie's Lebanon Airport (19I), and Lebanon San Mar Gale (OH79).

Rail and Bus

Warren County does not have passenger train service except for a scenic train that runs between Lebanon and Mason. Freight trains still serve Carlisle, and on a limited basis, Monroe, Mason, and Lebanon. Historically, there have been several trains that ran through the county whose stops became cities and villages. These trains include the

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, the

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, and the Little Miami Railroad whose path is now replaced by the

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. There have been proposals to run commuter trains from Cincinnati to the Kings Island area, but none have ever found sufficient support or funding. There is no public bus transportation based in Warren County, but there is limited service from Cincinnati to Mason and Kings Island. Middletown also runs bus service to eastern portions of Middletown that are in Warren County.

Waterways

There are no commercially navigable waterways in Warren County, but the

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did operate in the 19th century as a branch of the

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, bringing freight to Lebanon by canal boat. Recreationally, the Little Miami River can be traveled by canoe or kayak for its length through the county, and motorized boating can be done at Caesar's Creek Lake.

Media

''The Journal-News'' circulates in Franklin, Springboro, Lebanon, and Turtlecreek Township. ''The Dayton Daily News'', circulates in the northern part of the county. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' circulates through most of the county while the '' Cincinnati Post'' abandoned all distribution in the county in 2004. Among its weekly papers was '' The Western Star'', the oldest weekly in the state and the oldest newspaper west of the Appalachians published under its original name. It was closed on January 17, 2013. The ''Star,'' like the ''Pulse-Journal'' in Mason and the ''Star-Press'' in Springboro, was owned by the parent of the ''Middletown Journal'' and the ''Dayton Daily News'', Cox Media Group. Other weeklies include the ''Franklin Chronicle''. For a time in the mid-1990s, Lebanon was the home of commercial radio station

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, begun by Mike and Marilyn McMurray in 1994. The McMurrays sold to what was then known as American Radio Systems License Corp. a Boston-based chain of stations which also owned Cincinnati stations

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and WKRQ (both since sold to various other owners). The new owners moved the station to Hamilton County. In 2010, the only radio station in the county at the time was

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-FM, a student-run station at Little Miami High School in Hamilton Township. It went off the air around 2010, and in 2012, the FCC removed WLMH from their database and cancelled their license as a result of no broadcasts for over a year. Warren County is assigned to the Cincinnati television market, but Dayton television stations treat it as part of their market as well.

Recreation and attractions

* Kings Island: Theme park *

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: Professional tennis tournament *

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: Outdoor water park *

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: Indoor water park resort *

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: Ziplines ranging from 250 feet to 1300 feet *

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: Nostalgic, themed train rides * Fort Ancient: American Indian earthen mounds * Caesar Creek State Park and Caesar Creek Lake * Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village * Little Miami Scenic Trail: Scenic bike trail *

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* The Golden Lamb: Ohio's oldest continuously operating inn *

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: Professional dinner theater *

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: Canoe rental on Little Miami National Scenic River *

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: Balloon sightseeing tours *

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: Helicopter sightseeing tours *

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: Skydiving *

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: Airplane sightseeing tours from a grass-strip airfield *

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: Professional beach volleyball tournament * Warren County Historical Society Museum * Glendower State Memorial * Lebanon Raceway *

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* Lebanon Horse-Drawn Carriage Parade & Festival *

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Communities

Cities

(part) * Franklin * Lebanon (county seat) * Loveland (part) *

* Middletown (part) * Monroe (part) * Springboro (part)

Villages

* Blanchester (part) * Butlerville * Corwin *

* Maineville * Morrow * Pleasant Plain * South Lebanon * Waynesville

Townships

* Clearcreek * Deerfield * Franklin * Hamilton *

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* Massie *

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* Turtlecreek * Union * Washington * Wayne https://web.archive.org/web/20160715023447/http://www.ohiotownships.org/township-websites

Census-designated places

* Five Points *

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* Kings Mills * Landen * Loveland Park

Unincorporated communities

* Beedles Station * Blackhawk * Blue Ball (a neighborhood of Middletown) * Brown's Store * Cozaddale * Crosswick * Dallasburg *

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* Edwardsville * Fort Ancient * Fosters * Genn Town * Greentree Corners *

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* Kenricksville *

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* Mathers Mill * Middleboro * Mount Holly *

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* Oregonia * Pekin * Red Lion * Roachester * Rossburg * Ridgeville * San Mar Gale * Socialville * Twenty Mile Stand * Union Village * Utica *

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Notable natives and residents

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, Astronaut * Robert Benham, Pioneer politician *

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, Congressman * John Chivington, Civil War officer *

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, Governor * Brant Daugherty, Actor *

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, Newspaper publisher *

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, Aviator * Woody Harrelson, Actor *

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, Secretary of State *

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, Scientist * Michael Larson, Game-show contestant *

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, Congressman *

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, Newspaper publisher * John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court justice * Jeremiah Morrow, Governor *

Marcus Mote Marcus Mote (1817 — February 26, 1898) was a Quaker artist who worked in Ohio and Indiana. Biography Mote was born in West Milton, Ohio in 1817. In 1844 he moved to Lebanon, Ohio where he established a studio. He worked there as an itinera ...

, Early Ohio Artist * Anthony Muñoz,

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player *

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, Ohio State Representative (1962-1992), Ohio House of Representatives Minority Leader (1979-1992) *

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, Sports broadcaster *

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, Musician * Thomas Ross, Congressman * Larry Sparks, Musician *

Wilson E. Terry Wilson Edgar Terry was the last Kentucky veteran of the Spanish–American War. He was born March 7, 1874, in Crockettsville, Breathitt County, Kentucky, to his father Isaac Terry. He attended Lees College in Jackson. His first wife was Ida Kidd ...

, Spanish–American War soldier *

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, Civil War general *

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, FBI informant, Inspiration for the book and movie '' The Informant!'' *

Joseph Whitehill Joseph Whitehill, Jr. (December 30, 1786 – November 4, 1861) was a nineteenth-century Ohio farmer who was elected to a series of local offices in Warren County, Ohio, before his election as Ohio State Treasurer. Biography He was born in Lanca ...

, Ohio state treasurer * Steve Wilson, Ohio State Senator

References

External links

Official county site

Warren County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Warren County Historical Society

* ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/ Warren County genealogical information {{authority control 1803 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1803