Willowville is an unincorporated community in Clermont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

As Donnel's Trace was laid out in 1797, a glen that was naturally pathed out ran through several communities. The borders started at School House Road, where one of the areas oldest schools existed, and ran for about a mile to the next community of Olive Branch. Willowville's neighbor to the west, Glen Este, had the closest post office; however, the much larger town of Batavia, five miles to the east, had a full-service post office as well. The developers named the settlement Willowville because of the abundance of

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

trees.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clermont County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{ClermontCountyOH-geo-stub