Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Loveland, OH

Loveland is a city in southwestern Ohio about 15 miles northeast of Cincinnati that straddles the Little Miami River, a designated state and national scenic river.

Loveland is unusual in that it spans three counties — Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren; most of its residents live in Hamilton County, while Loveland City Hall sits in Clermont County.

The area was first settled in 1795 by Colonel Thomas Paxton at the edge of the Symmes Purchase, and the city is named for James Loveland, who ran a general store and the post office near the downtown railroad tracks.

John Smith built the first paper mill in Ohio on the Little Miami River at present-day Loveland.

A bridge built in 1872 first joined East Loveland and West Loveland across the river, and Loveland was incorporated as a village on May 16, 1876, with fewer than 800 residents.

After devastating Little Miami River floods in 1913 and 1959, a levee and river channel were built in 1962 to protect the downtown valley.

Loveland became a chartered city on July 25, 1961, as its population boomed with Cincinnati suburban growth.

Loveland had 13,307 residents at the 2020 census, up from 12,081 in 2010.

Loveland has about 5,089 households (Census Bureau, 2020–2024), averaging 2.56 people per household, with most homes owner-occupied single-family houses in the hills above the river valley.

Once a busy railroad town where the Little Miami Railroad met the Marietta & Cincinnati line, Loveland is now a major trailhead on the Little Miami Scenic Trail, the paved rail-trail that runs through its historic downtown.