Mount Saint Joseph is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in central Delhi Township, Hamilton County,

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. It has a

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with the ZIP code 45051. Because it includes the motherhouse of the

Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati were founded in 1852 by Mother Margaret Farrell George, by the separation of the community from the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The motherhouse of the community is at Mount Saint Joseph, Ohio. ...

, the

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recognizes 45051 as the eighth most generous ZIP code in the United States, with residents giving 41.50% of their

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to charity. The unincorporated community is also home to the

Mount St. Joseph University The Mount St. Joseph University (The Mount) is a private university, private, Catholic church, Roman Catholic university in Delhi Township, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1920 by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. The university enrol ...

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Unincorporated communities in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Ohio {{HamiltonCountyOH-geo-stub