| Bethel and Tate Township Tidbits |
- According to the latest census Bethel and Tate Township
ranks 6th most populous in Clermont County with Bethel
having 2,637 persons and Tate Township having 8,935
persons.
- Bethel was founded in 1798 by Obed Denham
- Notable People who called Bethel Home:
- President Ulysses S. Grant
- Governor Thomas Morris
- Christian recording artist Jimmy Dooley
- Steve Newman - First man to walk solo around the globe
- Woody Hayes - Former Ohio State Football Coach
- Dr. William Eberle Thompson - Country's Oldest
practicing physician when he died in 1940 at the age of
104
- Only Township in Ohio named Tate
- The only witchcraft trial held in Ohio was at intersection of
Plane St and Angel Dr. The accused was aquitted.
- Tate Township was probably named for the Tate Family,
who settled in the area in its early days. Many Tate's moved
to Clermont County from the Tate's Creek area of Ky, where
they were companions of Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone
Accumulated from several internet websites by B. Krekeler