Camp Washington is one of the 52
neighborhoods
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of
Cincinnati, Ohio
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. Located next to the
Mill Creek, it is north of
Queensgate, east of
Fairmount, and west of
Clifton and
University Heights. The community is a crossing of 19th-century homes and industrial space The population was 1,234 at the
2020 census.
History
The first
Ohio State Fair
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was held in Camp Washington in 1850. It had been scheduled the year prior but delayed due to a severe outbreak of cholera.
During the
U.S.–Mexican War Camp Washington was an important
military
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location, training 5,536 soldiers who went to war. Camp Washington was annexed to the City of Cincinnati in November 1869.
The neighborhood is the location of multiple
National Register buildings, including the
Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex and the old
Cincinnati Workhouse (designed by
Samuel Hannaford), which was destroyed and rebuilt to serve as a
drug rehabilitation
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center. The neighborhood has been home to the award-winning
Cincinnati chili
Cincinnati chili (or Cincinnati-style chili) is a Mediterranean-spiced list of meat-based sauces, meat sauce used as a topping for spaghetti or hot dogs ("coneys"). Both dishes were developed by immigrant restaurateurs in the 1920s. Its name e ...
parlor,
Camp Washington Chili for more than 70 years.
On December 29, 2002, a cow, later named
Cincinnati Freedom, escaped a Camp Washington slaughterhouse and eluded capture for eleven days, drawing national attention.
She was captured in the nearby neighborhood of Clifton and lived out the rest of her days at
Farm Sanctuary
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's New York Shelter in Watkins Glen, New York. The event is memorialized in an outdoor mural on Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, near the site of the former slaughterhouses.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 1,234 people living in the neighborhood. There were 620 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 59.2%
White
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, 31.8%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.1%
Native American, 1.7%
Asian, 0.0%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 1.1% from
some other race, and 6.2% from two or more races. 2.7% of the population were
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race.
There were 412 households, out of which 43.4% were families. 45.4% of all households were made up of individuals.
9.1% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 80.0% were 18 to 64, and 10.9% were 65 years of age or older. 51.9% of the population was male and 48.1% was female.
According to the U.S. Census
American Community Survey
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, for the period 2016–2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $57,500. About 17.3% of family households were living below the
poverty line
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
. About 21.6% had a bachelor's degree or higher.
References
External links
Community Web site
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Neighborhoods in Cincinnati