Clermont County, popularly called Clermont, is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,601. Ordinanced in 1800 as part of the Virginia Military District, Clermont is Ohio's eighth oldest county, the furthest county west in Appalachian Ohio, and the eleventh oldest county of the former Northwest Territory. Clermont County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is named from the French "clear hills or mountain."
Its county seat is Batavia, while its largest city is Milford.
Clermont Commission Building, Batavia
John Pattison, Governor
Hugh Nichols, Lt. Governor and Chief Justice
U.S. Grant's Birthplace at Point Pleasant
Cincinnati metropolitan area
The Cincinnati metropolitan area is a metropolitan area with its core in Ohio and Kentucky. Its largest city is Cincinnati and includes surrounding counties in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Downtown Cincinnati along the Ohio River, viewed from Devou Park in Covington, Kentucky.
Hamilton, Ohio is the second-largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Covington is the largest city in Northern Kentucky.
A NASA image of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The Ohio River separates the states of Ohio and Kentucky.