New Richmond, Ohio

New Richmond, also known as New Richmond on the Ohio, is a village in Ohio and Pierce townships in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, founded in 1814, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,582 at the 2010 census.GeographyNew Richmond is located at . The village is located within Ohio Township, with the exception of the Beckjord Power Station, which lies within Pierce Township.According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.72sqmi, of which 3.41sqmi is land and 0.31sqmi is water.HistoryNew Richmond was once the largest and most flourishing village in Clermont County. Located along the banks of the Ohio River, it had a superior location about twenty miles east and south of Cincinnati.Present-day New Richmond was surveyed on June 3, 1778, consisting of Robert Beal's 1000acre survey No. 847 (purchased by Gen. William Lytle and sold to Thomas Ashburn in 1813) and David Jackson's 333acre survey No. 1539 (purchased by Jacob Light in 1804). Light laid out the village on September 19–22, 1814, reportedly with the help of his nephew, who suggested the name of his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. In February 1816, Ashburn platted the village of Susanna (named for his second wife) adjoining the upper east side of New Richmond. Among the principal features of Susanna was a large promenade along the Ohio River which still exists today as Captain Ernest Wagner Park.