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Hooven’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Hooven is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 464 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 534 to 464 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1957.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hooven yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Hooven

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Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin HarrisonNorth Bend · 3 miNGNick GoepperLawrenceburg · 7 miLonnie MackLonnie MackWest Harrison · 6 miJames Buchanan EadsJames Buchanan EadsLawrenceburg · 7 miJustin SchoenefeldJustin SchoenefeldLawrenceburg · 7 miHerbert YostHerbert YostHarrison · 5 mi
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Hooven, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Hooven is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hooven has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial in North Bend, 2.3 miles away.

Hooven and the nearest listed places

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William Henry Harrison Tomb State MemorialCincinnati and Whitewater Canal TunnelJohn Aston Warder HouseThomas Miller HouseCave Johnson HouseRev. Robert E. Kirtley House

Closest to Hooven

William Henry Harrison Tomb State MemorialNorth Bend · Structure2.3miCincinnati and Whitewater Canal TunnelNorth Bend · Structure2.3miJohn Aston Warder HouseNorth Bend · Building2.9miThomas Miller HouseWhitewater · Building2.9miCave Johnson HouseFrancisville · Building3.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hooven?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hooven’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Whitewater📜 Cleves📜 Miami📜 North Bend
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