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Cold Spring is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, in the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area.

The city takes its name from a cold spring discovered in the 1780s that for many years served as the community's sole source of drinking water.

The community was founded before 1800, and a post office was established in 1832; it later merged with the post office of neighboring Highland Heights.

Cold Spring was officially incorporated in March 1941.

Long a small rural community of just 518 people in the 1950 census, Cold Spring grew rapidly as a Cincinnati suburb and reached 5,912 residents by 2010.

The 2020 census counted 6,216 residents in Cold Spring living in 2,757 households, with a median age of 49.6 years.

U.S. Route 27, known locally as Alexandria Pike, runs through Cold Spring about 8 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati, and Kentucky Route 9 also passes through the city.

Cold Spring is bordered by Highland Heights to the north, Crestview to the northeast, Alexandria to the southeast, Wilder to the northwest, and the Licking River to the southwest.

The national veterans organization Disabled American Veterans was formerly headquartered in Cold Spring.

Students in Cold Spring attend Campbell County Schools and are zoned to Campbell County High School in Alexandria.