Near Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Bunker Hill / Dog Town
Bunker Hill
The Millville, Reilly and Milton Turnpike brought prosperity to the village now renamed Bunker Hill. School House No. 10 stood nearby from 1849-1857. By 1860 clothing manufacturing was the major business here. A Post Office was established in 1852. A Universalist church was dedicated in 1855. During the Civil War, the Peace Democrats, called Copperheads, were active in this area. Ohio Congressman Clarence Vallandingham, future Peace Democrat leader, campaigned here in 1860 and a traditional Democratic Party pole raising was held here in 1863. Coopers, cobblers, blacksmiths, wagon shops, saddlers, a sorghum mill, a huckster (traveling sales- man), a photographer, a clothes pin factory, a band, a music teacher, and a baseball team were here during the 19th century. The Post Office closed in 1906. By 1912, the church had closed.
Dog Town
Thomas Burk Sr purchased a quarter section of federal land here
in 1804. A school house was erected on this purchase in 1809.
That same year, a road was built on Indian Creek west of this marker.
Obadiah Welliver opened a tavern on his purchase in 1812. Burk
sold his grist mill in 1818 and it is thought that the hamlet around
this mill was called Dogtown because of a vicious dogfight there.
In 1825, Reily Post Office was established at Welliver’s
Erected 2013 by LCNB National Bank Wm. E. Smith Charitable Trust Reilly Township Historical Society The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 31-9.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, the Postal Mail and Philately, and the Unitarian Universalism (UUism) series lists.
Location. 39° 25.081′ N, 84° 43.496′ W. Marker is near Hamilton, Ohio, in Butler County. Marker is on Reily Millville Rd (County Route 29), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5113 Reily Millville Rd, Hamilton OH 45013, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bunker Hill Universalist Church/Bunker Hill Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lewis-Sample Farmstead / Butler County's American Indian Heritage (approx. 1.6 miles away); Bethel Chapel (approx. 2 miles away); Stillwell Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Stillwell’s Corners (approx. 3.4 miles away); Indian Creek Regular Baptist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Indian Creek Baptist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); 1858 Morgan Township House / Copperheadism in Butler County (approx. 5.3 miles away).
Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2018. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2017, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 763 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 1, 2017, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.