Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)
1895 - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, sin-sin-nah'tee, the metropolis of the state of Ohio, and the county seat of Hamilton co., is on the right or N. bank of the Ohio River, opposite the mouth of the Licking. By water it is 476 miles from Pittsburg, Pa., 142 miles from Louisville, Ky., 529 miles from Cairo at the mouth of the Ohio, and 1520 miles from New Orleans, La. It is, by railway, 100 miles N. of Lexington, Ky., 120 miles S.W. of Columbus, 0., 340 miles E. of St. Louis, 305 miles S.E. of Chicago, Ill., and 553 miles from Washington by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Lat. 39° 6' 30" N.; lon. 84° 26' W. from Greenwich. Cincinnati is situated in a valley about 3 miles in diameter, environed on the N. side by a semicircular range of hills rising 400 feet above the river, while around the southern margin the Ohio sweeps in a grand curve. The greater part of the city is built on two terraces or plains, the first 60 and the second 112 feet above low-water mark. The drainage of much of the city is made directly into the river. The upper terrace is somewhat undulating in its surface, and, at an average distance of a mile, terminates at the base of the hills. The central and business portions of the city are compactly built. The streets are laid out with much regularity, are about 66 feet wide, and are largely paved with granite, asphalt, and vitrified bricks; the sidewalks are wide, paved with bricks, flag-stones, and artificial stone, and on many streets lined with shade-trees; the streets are all well lighted, and to a large extent by electric lamps. Several of the chief streets run nearly N. from the river, and are intersected at right angles by streets named Front, Second, Pearl, Third, Fourth, Fifth, &c. There is a fine public landing or levee, about 1000 feet long by an average width of 425 feet, along Front street. The shore is paved from low-water mark, and there are floating wharves and wharf-boats along the shore-line...

Cincinnati was first settled in 1788, but not until 1816 was there manifestation of important growth. In that year navigation on the Ohio River was inaugurated, and the city thenceforward grew rapidly. It was incorporated in 1819; the census of 1820 showed a population of 9642; in 1830, 24,831; in 1840, 46.338; in 1850, 115,435; in 1860, 161,044; in 1870, 216,239; in 1880, 255,139; in 1890, 296,908; in January, 1895, 336,000. These figures, however, only partially represent the population of the locality; on the Kentucky side of the state line, and inmediately beyond the corporate limits in other directions, is a population approximating 200,000, properly constituting a part of this community, the suburban railway facilities being so favorable and complete as to encourage a large proportion of its business people to reside outside of the city.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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