Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Milford, OH

Milford is a city mostly in Clermont County - extending across the river into Hamilton County - at the meeting of the Little Miami River and its East Fork, part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, with the motto 'On the Little Miami.'

Settled in 1796, Milford is tied with Williamsburg as the oldest settlement in Clermont County, and it is the westernmost city in Appalachian Ohio.

Milford's ground was surveyed on May 28, 1788, for John Nancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia who dreamed of founding a future metropolis of the West on the site.

Milford's first permanent settler, the Reverend Francis McCormick - himself a Revolutionary War veteran - built his log cabin in 1796 at what is now 1000 Forest Avenue and founded the first Methodist class in the Northwest Territory in 1797, which is why Milford is regarded as the root of Methodist heritage in the American West.

John Hageman built a grist mill on the Little Miami in 1803 and laid out a village of 46 lots; the settlement took the name Milford from the mill and the first safe ford north of the Ohio River for crossing the Little Miami.

Milford was formally incorporated as a village on January 23, 1836, and the Little Miami Railroad reached the town in 1841.

After nearly 150 years as a village, Milford became a city in 1982, when a census count of 5,232 pushed it past Ohio's 5,000-person city threshold.

The 2020 census counted 6,582 people in Milford living in 3,236 households, and about 45.6% of those households were people living alone - an unusually high share that reflects the city's older population.

Milford maintains 10 parks, including Five Points Landing Park, opened in 2024 with a splash pad and a dog park, and Terrell Park, named for American sprint canoeist Jim Terrell.

The Little Miami Scenic Trail runs through Milford, where several national routes converge, including the American Discovery Trail, the Sea to Sea hiking route and the Underground Railroad Cycling Route.