Kings Mills

History

Another town, Gainsboro, was platted on the site of present-day Kings Mills in 1815, but it did not prosper. Kings Mills was established in 1884 as a company town for the King Powder Company, and the Peters Cartridge Company which ceased operations in 1944. Kings Mills was formerly the home of the College Football Hall of Fame, which moved to South Bend, Indiana in 1995.

Geography

Kings Mills is located along I-71 twenty miles northeast of Cincinnati, less than a mile east of Mason, two miles southwest of South Lebanon, two and one-half miles north of Fosters, and two miles west of Hopkinsville. The community is in the Mason (513) telephone exchange and is served by the Kings Mills/Kings Island post office (45034). The Little Miami Scenic Trail, which runs from Milford to Spring Valley, passes by the community on the eastern shore of the Little Miami River in the former Little Miami Railroad right-of-way. Kings Island amusement park and Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park are immediately south of the community in Mason.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  16,743
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  14,326
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  13,316
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,772
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,810
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,932
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,562
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,378

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