Wyoming is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of neighboring Cincinnati. The population was 8,756 at the 2020 census.
At a Glance
- County: Hamilton County
- State: Ohio
History of Wyoming
Among the earliest European American settlers in what is now Wyoming was the Pendery family, who arrived in 1805. Wyoming was named after Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, where some settlers had come from. Robert Reily is considered the "Father of Wyoming" with men and women gathering at his home one week prior to the start of the Civil War in 1861, naming the village Wyoming, a Lenape term meaning "large plains." In 1874, Wyoming officially became a village with 600 residents, and in 1951, the village incorporated as a city of over 5,000 persons, implementing the council, manager form of government.
Good transportation is an integral part of Wyoming’s history and the leading reason for its prosperity. The city lies near the old pre statehood road associated with Anthony Wayne that connected Cincinnati with locations farther north, such as Fort Hamilton and Fallen Timbers. A "New Road" was established in 1806 as a shortcut along a section line in Springfield Township, forming Springfield Pike through central Wyoming, later a toll road established by farmers Burns, Riddle, and Pendery of the Hamilton, Springfield, and Carthage Turnpike Company.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Wyoming, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.