The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chilo was originally called Mechanicsburgh, and under the latter name was platted in 1816. A post office called Mechanicsburg was established in 1819. The village's name was changed to Chilo in 1820 by an act of the Ohio Legislature. By the 1830s, was home of boat building businesses, which swelled the population to several hundred. Chilo had more than thirty houses and two stores. The town was the site of Lock #34 on the Ohio River up until the 1960s, when nearby Meldahl Dam was built. The original lock building is home to the Ohio River Museum, operated by the Clermont County Parks Department.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chilo’s history is told.
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Nothing in Chilo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chilo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bradford School House in Augusta, 0.8 miles away.
Chilo and the nearest listed places
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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 (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.