Kings Mills, Ohio

Kings Mills is a census-designated place in the northeastern corner of Deerfield Township of Warren County, Ohio, United States, on the western shore of the Little Miami River. The population was 1,336 at the 2020 census.

Kings Mills, Ohio
Census-designated place
Location of Kings Mills, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°21′32″N 84°14′52″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Warren
Elevation [1]	778 ft (237 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,336
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	45034
Area code	513
GNIS feature ID	2612136[1]

History

Another town, Gainsboro, was platted on the site of present-day Kings Mills in 1815, but it did not prosper.^[3] Kings Mills was established in 1884 as a company town for the King Powder Company, and the Peters Cartridge Company which ceased operations in 1944.^[4]

Kings Mills was formerly the home of the College Football Hall of Fame, which moved to South Bend, Indiana in 1995.^[5]

Geography

Kings Mills is located along I-71 twenty miles northeast of Cincinnati, less than a mile east of Mason, two miles southwest of South Lebanon, two and one-half miles north of Fosters, and two miles west of Hopkinsville.

The community is in the Mason (513) telephone exchange and is served by the Kings Mills/Kings Island post office (45034).

The Little Miami Scenic Trail, which runs from Milford to Spring Valley, passes by the community on the eastern shore of the Little Miami River in the former Little Miami Railroad right-of-way.

Kings Island amusement park and Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park are immediately south of the community in Mason.

Education

Kings Mills is located in the Kings Local School District.

Notable people

• Leelah Alcorn, transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention
• Bryan Volpenhein, rower and Olympian