Blue Ash is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. An inner suburb of Cincinnati, the population was 13,394 at the 2020 census.
At a Glance
- County: Hamilton County
- State: Ohio
History of Blue Ash
The area that is now Blue Ash was settled around 1791. In 1797, the first settlers built Carpenter’s Run Baptist Church out of blue ash logs, giving the area its eventual name.
In the late 19th century, the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway provided narrow gauge commuter rail service to Blue Ash.
Blue Ash was the site of Cincinnati, Blue Ash Airport from 1921 to 2012. Originally a private airfield called Grisard Field, it was sold to the City of Cincinnati in 1946, becoming Ohio’s first municipal airport. Cincinnati desired to expand the airport for major commercial service through the 1950s, but Blue Ash fought the city by incorporating first as a village in 1955 and then as a city in 1961. Eventually, through Reed Hartman’s Community Improvement Corporation, Cincinnati developed the surrounding area as an industrial park and golf course. The airport closed on August 29, 2012, and the property was sold to the City of Blue Ash, which opened Summit Park on the property.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Blue Ash, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.