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Mason is a city in Warren County, Ohio, about 22 miles north of downtown Cincinnati.

Revolutionary War veteran William Mason bought 640 acres at auction on June 1, 1803, paying $1,700 for the land that would become the city.

William Mason platted 16 lots in 1815 and named his village Palmyra; after the post office mislisted it as Kirkwood and another Ohio Palmyra existed, the town was renamed Mason in 1835 in his honor.

Mason remained a small village for more than a century, still had fewer than 5,700 residents in 1970, and became a city in 1971.

The 2020 census counted 34,792 people living in 12,617 households in Mason, with 13,052 housing units.

Mason is home to Kings Island, the 364-acre amusement park that opened on April 29, 1972 and is one of the most visited seasonal parks in North America.

The Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason hosts the Cincinnati Open, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament that draws the world's top tennis players each summer.

Mason hosts the corporate headquarters of Fortune 500 company Cintas, the Procter & Gamble Mason Business Center, and the headquarters of Luxottica Retail.

In 1934, the WLW broadcast tower on Tylersville Road in Mason was boosted to 500,000 watts by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, making it the most powerful radio station in the country and audible across the Atlantic before the FCC ordered it back to 50,000 watts in 1939.

The Mason Community Center, opened in 2003, covers about 199,000 square feet and is one of the largest public recreation facilities in Ohio.