Point Isabel is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clermont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

The first settlement at Point Isabel was made around 1838.[2] A post office called Point Isabel was established in 1847, and remained in operation until 1907.[3]

Athlete George Flippin, a pioneering African-American football player, was born in Point Isabel in 1868.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Isabel, Ohio
  2. ^ Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 370.
  3. ^ "Clermont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

38°53′42″N 84°8′31″W / 38.89500°N 84.14194°W / 38.89500; -84.14194


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