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Welcome to Rural ...

Rural is located in Clermont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rural, you might consider that their post office opened in 1845.

Rural is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rural lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rural: 513 & 283<3>

Communities Also Named Rural ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Rural - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rural.

Websites for Rural ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clermontchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rural, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rural ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rural.

  • Amelia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Orab
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • New Richmond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Falmouth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Falmouth is located in Pendleton County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falmouth <4>
  • Ripley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Aberdeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Augusta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Augusta is located in Bracken County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,142 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Augusta <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rural. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rural.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rural. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rural.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rural. See our Newspapers Page for Rural.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rural ...

Looking for more information about Rural? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rural, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rural.

Adding Rural to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rural in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rural was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rural post office opened in 1845. The Rural post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rural.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Clermont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rural - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 513 code has been Overlayed with the 283 area code. New phone numbers in the Rural area will be assigned with one of these codes: 513 or 283. As a result, placing a call in the Rural area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/