Hype for the Future 76B: City of Lebanon, Ohio

Introduction

The City of Lebanon, Ohio, is located within Warren County, and serves as the seat of the county. Located conveniently nearby with respect to the City of Cincinnati, Lebanon is largely determined as a gateway community in the direction of Columbus.

Highways

Today, the City of Lebanon is directly traversed by United States Route 42 and Ohio State Routes 48, 63, and 123. Beyond the four routes directly cutting through the downtown area, the northern fringe of the City of Lebanon is accessible from the west and northwest along Ohio State Route 122.

Interstates 71 and 75 are situated relatively nearby, but neither Interstate Highway directly passes through the communities as small as Lebanon. Interstate 75 is to the west, while Interstate 71 is to the south and east; downtown highway directions will provide information only regarding Interstate 71 toward Cincinnati (south) and Columbus (north).

Amenities

Within the downtown area of the City of Lebanon, the signature feature of the community is the historic Golden Lamb Hotel and Restaurant, once the oldest operating hotel in the State of Ohio (since 1803) and now a modern hotel to stay at. Attached to the Golden Lamb is the area of the Black Horse Tavern, and both names are descended from the symbols that have been utilized for the illiterate population of the time, as the public building was built prior to compulsory education laws.

Beyond the Golden Lamb Hotel and Restaurant, just a few other notable attractions exist within the surrounding regions, including the Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, the Floraville Historic District to the south, GroundHog Hill, the Harmon Museum with the 1795 Beedle Log Cabin, and the Thomas Corwin House—all within the central area of the city.

While not much exists within the immediate outskirts associated with the City of Lebanon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Fort Ancient is of particular importance to Warren County, including, but not limited to, the nearby community. Throughout the year, different festivities associated with the general public within the City of Lebanon include the Lebanon Country Music Festival in June, the Lebanon Blues Festival in early August, and the Lebanon Horse Drawn Carriage Parade in early December.

Hype for the Future 49WCO: Warren County, Ohio

Lebanon

The City of Lebanon is a city of slightly over 20,000 residents and serves as the county seat of perhaps one of the most affluent counties in the State of Ohio, often contested with Delaware County for the top rank statewide. The downtown area of the City of Lebanon is home to places of significant interest, including the historic Lebanon, Mason, and Monroe Railroad and the Golden Lamb, the latter of which hosts the Black Horse Tavern as well as a combination of hotel and restaurant amenities within the primary space of the area downtown. While the downtown area is often quiet throughout the year, the occasional festivals and events can disrupt the silence of the historic city, which is also renowned for comparatively lower costs, a stark contrast from the Mason and West Chester area prices. The local culture of Lebanon, Ohio, can also be influenced over the summer by the Lebanon Country Music Festival, typically in June, and the Lebanon Blues Festival, always attached primarily to early August, each year. Third Fridays on Mulberry are also of significance in June, July, and August of every year, and the culture festival hosted by the Harmon Museum may also close a portion of Broadway between Main Street and South Street early in the summer of every year. Early in the autumn of every year is typically the Lebanon Country AppleFest attached to the area of the Countryside YMCA, and early in December of every year is the Lebanon Horse-Drawn Carriage Parade and the Christmas Festival of every year.

Waynesville/Harveysburg

Waynesville is home to an extensive network of German heritage, culminating at the Sauerkraut Festival every second full weekend of October. Harveysburg is also notable in the autumn, but for the Ohio Renaissance Festival located conveniently in the Greater Cincinnati area with a fair proximity to Columbus.

Elsewhere

Warren County, Ohio, is also home to communities including Franklin, Carlisle, Springboro, Morrow, South Lebanon, Maineville, and Mason. Kings Island is located within the county, and additional associated attractions may include, but are often not limited to, the attractions of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Fort Ancient.

Hype for the Future 40C: Southeastern Pennsylvania

Historically, settlement patterns have largely been blocked by the mountainous zones throughout the Eastern United States, known as the Appalachian Mountains. Further east along the mountains and valleys, however, is the vast majority of the population of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the largest city, Philadelphia, located within the region, as well as Allentown, Reading, Lancaster, York, Bethlehem, Easton, Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Carlisle, Harrisburg, and numerous other communities with a significant historical significance in every case.