1931 Map of Felicity

About this map

Ohio River steam and rail traffic anchor this 1931 study of Clermont County, where the Cincinnati and Portsmouth electric line and the Georgetown and Cincinnati road converge at the upland hub of Bethel. The landscape is defined by the steep bluffs of the river valley, where historic river towns like Moscow, Chilo, and Neville sit below an intricate network of ridges. Inland, the settlement pattern is marked by an exceptional density of rural education centers, including the Mt Hygiene School, Turkeyfoot School, and Macedonia School. The river itself reveals the engineering of the era with Dam 34 and the active transit of Bondes Ferry connecting the Ohio and Kentucky shores. This map captures a moment when small hamlets like Utopia and Point Pleasant—the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant—maintained distinct identities tied to the fertile, dissected plateaus of Franklin and Tate townships.