Chilo

History

Chilo was originally called Mechanicsburgh, and under the latter name was platted in 1816. A post office called Mechanicsburg was established in 1819. The village's name was changed to Chilo in 1820 by an act of the Ohio Legislature. By the 1830s, was home of boat building businesses, which swelled the population to several hundred. Chilo had more than thirty houses and two stores. The town was the site of Lock #34 on the Ohio River up until the 1960s, when nearby Meldahl Dam was built. The original lock building is home to the Ohio River Museum, operated by the Clermont County Parks Department.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  390
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  384
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  356
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  323
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  303
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  270
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  267
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  266

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-02-22
  2 km NE of Hillsboro, Ohio
• M 2.51 — 2024-01-28
  3 km SW of Old Washington, Kentucky
• M 3.04 — 2021-12-12
  2 km E of Manchester, Ohio
• M 2.78 — 2017-12-17
  6 km ENE of Germantown, Kentucky
• M 2.62 — 2015-05-11
  5 km ESE of Maysville, Kentucky
• M 2.6 — 2013-07-23
  6 km NNE of Germantown, Kentucky