![]() ![]() As an agricultural township Monroe ranks well. The soil is adapted for a variety of products, and while generally fertile is much better in some localities, which, in consequence, contain finer improvements than other parts of the township. Water-supply is generally sufficient for ordinary purposes. It empties into the Ohio near the southeastern corner of Monroe in the southwestern corner is the mouth of Boat Run, a fine little stream, flowing from the interior of the township. The principal stream flowing southward is Indian Creek, whose main branch comes from Washington, a few miles above its mouth. In many places they are rocky, and from them an excellent quality of stone is procured, there being several fine quarries. The river hills extending close to the stream. The bottom-lands along the Ohio are small, Along the streams draining into the Ohio the hills are rugged and often precipitous, so as to unfit them for cultivation. The surface of the township from the centre northward is generally level, or only slightly broken along the streams of Ten and Twelve-Mile Creeks and Ulrey's Run, whose sources are in Monroe. ![]() Monroe is one of the river townships, and is bounded on the east by Tate and Washington, on the west by Ohio and Pierce, and on the north by Batavia and Tate. Transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team Source: "History of Clermont Co., Ohio," By J. Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group Monroe Township History from History of Clermont Co Ohio ![]()
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