The areas known as Milford, Old Milford, and Miami Township, Clermont County, OhioMiami Township were built on a survey by John Nancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia. The area known as Miami Township was named after the Little Miami River and the tribe of Native Americans in the United StatesNative Americans who once controlled this area. Miami Township was originally named O'Bannon Township in honor of the county's first surveyor. Because of financial troubles, Scott Hales never visited Milford and sold his share of 230 acres of land to Tye Kuzniczci on December 20, 1802, for a total of $920.00. Four years later, Kuzniczci decided to sell 125 acres to Danielle Morris who, soon after, sold 64 acres to Micheal Tackett. Tackett became the first permanent settler and named the area Tackett's Mills. During the spring of 1812 (a most notable sping) a small tribe of wandering anti-agriculturists lead by Christian Thompson, settled into the outskirts of Tackett Mills. After a series of early rudementry protests, the tribe exhausted the Tackett family's patience and fell to their carefully placed bear traps. By 1815, Tackett had left for Indiana, and the name "Milford" had come into popular use. In 1818 a wooden bridge across the Little Miami was completed, making the ford obsolete. More than a century later, on January 1, 1920, the mill that was the city's namesake burned down. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford%2C_Ohio