The community of North College Hill, approximately ten miles north of downtown Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati, was once part of a 1 million acre (4,000 km sq) tract of Springfield Township, Hamilton County, OhioSpringfield Township that was purchased in 1787 by John Cleves Symmes, a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress and a pioneer in the Northwest Territory. In 1813, Robert Cary (father of Phoebe CaryPhoebe and Alice Cary) bought 27 acres (110,000 m sq) of the land and called it Clovernook Farm. Within a year, he laid out the first community in the area, called Clovernook, on the east side of Hamilton Avenue (now also known as U.S. Route 127). The Cary home is now known as Cary Cottage; it stands on the campus of the Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1916, Clovernook combined with two other subdivisions, Meyerville and Sunshine, to form the village of North College Hill with a combined population of about 500. The growing popularity of the automobile and the promise of affordable housing helped the village grow from about 1,100 to 4,100 in the 1920s. In 1941, with a population of more than 5,000, the village was incorporated as a city. The population grew to about 12,000 by 1960, then stabilized until the completion of Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway (Ohio State Route 126) required the removal of numerous homes. In November, 2006 a ballot initiative to make North College Hill a charter city was passed by the voters. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_College_Hill%2C_Ohio