<P> Milford has been inhabited since prehistoric times . A field along Gatch Avenue on what was once the farm of John Gatch has yielded large numbers of artifacts for several generations; it is now believed to have been the site of a Native American village during the Woodland period . Today, the field is an archaeological site known as the "Gatch Site ." </P> <P> The areas known as Milford, Old Milford, and Miami Township were built on a survey by John Nancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia . Miami Township was named after the Little Miami River and the tribe of Native Americans who once controlled this area . Miami Township was originally named O'Bannon Township in honor of the county's first surveyor . The town began in 1796 as Hageman's Mills near where two river ways--the Little Miami River and its East Fork--come together, and was later better - named Milford . The first Methodist class in the Northwest Territory was begun there in 1798 . Due to financial troubles, Nancarrow, the first surveyor, never visited Milford, and instead sold his share of 230 acres (0.93 km) of land to Philip Gatch on December 20, 1802, for a total of $920.00 . Four years later, Gatch decided to sell 125 acres (0.51 km) to Ambrose Ranson who, soon after, sold 64 acres (260,000 m) to John Hageman . Hageman became the first permanent settler, naming the valley Hageman's Mills . </P> <P> By 1815, Hageman had left for Indiana, and the name Milford had come into popular use . In 1818 a wooden bridge across the Little Miami was completed, making the ford obsolete . More than a century later, on January 1, 1920, the mill that was the city's namesake burned down . Today, Milford seeks to maintain its own urban identity, being exurb of nearby Cincinnati throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with many of its residents working in Cincinnati . Milford is the only city in Clermont besides Loveland, which includes parts of Hamilton County . Milford is 15 miles east of downtown Cincinnati along Columbia Parkway and across the Little Miami Scenic River in Clermont County . The City offers the convenience of being close to Cincinnati with and many opportunities for outdoor recreation including the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail, the Little Miami River, and Valley View, a 150 acre nature preserve on the banks of the East Fork of the Little Miami . </P> <P> Milford Schools senior graduates are called Milfordians . Residents who did not attend and graduate Milford, yet vote for Milford Schools, are known as Milfordites . The Milford Schools area has around 6,000 students . On the 2016 - 17 state report card the performance index ranked Milford within the top 4% in the state and Top 10 of Cincinnati Schools . The high school and junior high school share a scenic campus in the Miami Hills . The six neighborhood schools are Boyd E. Smith, Meadowview, McCormick, John Pattison, Mulberry, and Charles Seipelt . </P>

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