Point Pleasant, Ohio

Point Pleasant was platted in 1813.{{cite book|last=Everts|first=Louis H.|title=History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002054234126;view=1up;seq=483|year=1880|publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Co.|location=Philadelphia|page=389}} A post office called Point Pleasant that was established in 1826 remained in operation until 1983.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Clermont | title=Clermont County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=16 January 2016}} By 1833, Point Pleasant had about 130 inhabitants.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | year=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n361 377]}} The Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated the community.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA870 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=870| isbn=978-1135948597 }}

Point Pleasant is the birthplace of Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.{{cite book|author=Albert Deane Richardson|title=A personal history of Ulysses S. Grant|url=https://archive.org/details/personalhist00richardson|year=1868|publisher=American publishing company|page=[https://archive.org/details/personalhist00richardson/page/32 32]}} The one-story cottage where he was born was taken by barge on a tour across the country, then by rail to Columbus, Ohio, where it was displayed at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. It was returned to Point Pleasant in 1936, where it has been restored with period furniture and opened to tours.

File:PointPleasantOH1.JPG|Point Pleasant community sign

File:PointPleasantOH2.JPG|Junction of US Highway 52 and Ohio Highway 232 in Point Pleasant

Image:GrantBirthplace.jpg|Birthplace of Ulysses Grant

Image:Point Pleasant, Ohio 1877 map.jpg|Detail of 1877 map showing Point Pleasant, Ohio

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• List of cities and towns along the Ohio River

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clermont County, Ohio

Category:Ohio populated places on the Ohio River

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