Camp Dennison, Ohio
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Camp Dennison is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) just outside Indian Hill in southern Symmes Township, Hamilton County,
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, United States. It has a
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with the ZIP code 45111. The population was 384 at the 2020 census.


History

The community was settled in 1796 by German immigrants. During the
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, Camp Dennison served as a military recruiting and training post for the
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(see Camp Dennison). It is named for William Dennison, the 24th
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and U.S. Postmaster General under
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.


Geography

Camp Dennison is located in the valley of the
Little Miami River The Little Miami River () is a Class I tributary of the Ohio River that flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 26, 2011 through five counties in southwestern Ohio ...
, northeast of downtown
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. Ohio State Route 126, Glendale Milford Road, runs north-south through the center of the community. According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.


Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 384 people living in the CDP, for a population density of 716.42 people per square mile (276.78/km2). There were 174 housing units. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.1%
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, 15.1%
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or
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, 0.0% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.5%
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, 0.3% from some other race, and 6.3% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. There were 143 households, out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were
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living together, 21.0% had a male householder with no spouse present, and 22.4% had a female householder with no spouse present. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35, and the average family size was 2.79. 15.5% of the CDP's population were under the age of 18, 57.3% were 18 to 64, and 27.2% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.8. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. According to the U.S. Census
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, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the CDP was $82,054, and the median income for a family was $86,250. About 10.4% of the population were living below the
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, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 30.1% of those age 65 or over. About 57.3% of the population were employed, and 36.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher.


Education

Residents of Camp Dennison have access to Indian Hill Exempted Village School District.


References

Census-designated places in Hamilton County, Ohio Census-designated places in Ohio 1796 establishments in the Northwest Territory {{HamiltonCountyOH-geo-stub