Red Lion, Ohio

Red Lion is an unincorporated community in southwestern Clearcreek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States,{{GNIS|1062963}} at the intersection of State Routes 741, 122, and 123. Red Lion is approximately five miles south of Springboro and five miles northwest of Lebanon.

History

Red Lion was originally called Westfield, and under the latter name was laid out in 1817.{{cite book|title=The History of Warren County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns; General and Local Statistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA593|year=1882|publisher=W.H. Beers & Company|page=593}} The community's Red Lion Tavern, with a red lion rampant on its signboard, became a well-known landmark, and the community was soon known by the name "Red Lion".{{cite web | url=http://www.co.warren.oh.us/genealogy/genealogy/placenames.htm | title=Warren County, Ohio Place Names | publisher=Warren County Genealogical Society | accessdate=13 March 2018 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313042457/http://www.co.warren.oh.us/genealogy/genealogy/placenames.htm | archivedate=13 March 2018 }} A post office called Red Lion was established in 1834, and remained in operation until 1903.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Warren | title=Warren County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=17 January 2016}}

References

External links

[http://www.graveaddiction.com/redlion.html Red Lion Cemetery]
[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Bogan/bogan244.htm The People and Sites of Red Lion]

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio