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1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1898 on, and old-book passages.
Camp Dennison dates its founding to 1796 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1882.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Camp Dennison’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Camp Dennison. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Camp Dennison.
From Wikipedia’s history of Camp Dennison.
The community was settled in 1796 by German immigrants. During the American Civil War, Camp Dennison served as a military recruiting and training post for the United States Army (see Camp Dennison). It is named for William Dennison, the 24th governor of Ohio and U.S. Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Camp Dennison, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Camp Dennison is one of the most historic points in the valley of the Little Miami. It was originally selected by Gen. Scott as the location of an army hospital, and at the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion its survey as a military camp was done under the supervision of Gen. Rosecrans. The camp extended from the river to the hills, and from the Miamiville bridge to a point a mile below the* present southern limit of the village. The camp was regularly laid out; it had a system of water distribution, comprising a pumping engine, reservoir, and service mains; since the abandonment of the camp the lead pipe that composed these mains has been
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveView of Camp Dennison: 16 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Ohio
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1860s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Camp Dennison’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Camp Dennison itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1796, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Camp Dennison’s post office opened in 1882.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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