The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Batavia was surveyed on May 28, 1788, by Captain Francis Minnis, John O'Bannon, Nicholas Keller, Archelus Price, and John Ormsley. Virginian Ezekiel Dimmitt became the area's first settler in the fall of 1797. George Ely purchased the Minnis survey in 1807 and platted the town on October 24, 1814, possibly naming it after Batavia, New York. The Clermont County seat moved from New Richmond to Batavia on February 24, 1824. Batavia finally incorporated as a village on February 10, 1842.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Batavia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Batavia’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Batavia
See all 9 →
Batavia, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Batavia is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Batavia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pfarr Log House in Union, 3.5 miles away.
Batavia and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.