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Reading (pronounced /ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,600 at the 2020 census. It is an inner suburb of Cincinnati and is included as part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

Reading city overview:
Name:	Reading city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Hamilton County
Incorporated:	March 24, 1851
Elevation:	561 ft (171 m)
Total Area:	2.89 sq mi (7.48 km²)
Land Area:	2.89 sq mi (7.48 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	10,600
Population Density:	3,669.09/sq mi (1,416.64/km²)
ZIP code:	45215, 45236, 45237
Area code:	513
FIPS code:	3965732
GNISfeature ID:	1056486
Website:	www.readingohio.org

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History

In 1794, Abraham Voorhees moved his family from Somerset County, New Jersey, building a large double log cabin along the west bank of the Millcreek in Sycamore Township, in present-day Lockland. In the spring of 1795, Harvey Redinbo, a Pennsylvania Dutchman, visited from Reading, Pennsylvania. Pleased with the land that Voorhees had acquired, Redinbo purchased his own land, in the area of Hunt Road and Columbia Avenue. Around 1798, Voorhees platted a town named Voorhees-Town but did not record it with county officials until January 7, 1804. By then, Redinbo had convinced him to rename the town to Reading, after Redinbo’s hometown.

Between 1830 and 1880, Reading grew rapidly to become the largest village in Hamilton County. It was incorporated as a village on March 24, 1851. The village’s major industry was clothing manufacturing.

The Benson Street Bridge, built in 1901, spans Mill Creek on the city limit with Lockland. It was the second concrete rainbow arch bridge and the first in Ohio.

As of 1912, Reading was a sundown town. African Americans were prohibited from living within the city or remaining there after dark. Most censuses from 1860 through 1960 recorded no African Americans in Reading.

Reading became a city on January 1, 1932. It withdrew from Sycamore Township on May 19, 1943, forming a paper township named “Reading Township”.

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Geography

Reading is located at 39°13′22″N 84°26′21″W / 39.22278°N 84.43917°W / 39.22278; -84.43917 (39.222709, -84.439036). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.89 square miles (7.49 km), all land.

Reading is bordered by Cincinnati’s Roselawn neighborhood to the south, Amberley Village and Sycamore Township to the southeast, Blue Ash to the east, Evendale to the north, Lockland to the west, and Arlington Heights to the southwest. Mill Creek divides Reading from Lockland and Arlington Heights.

Reading can be reached by car via Interstate 75, Ohio State Route 126, or U.S. Route 42. The northbound lanes of Mill Creek Expressway run along the city’s west side, with exits onto Galbraith Road and Koehler Avenue. Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway has a complex interchange with Interstate 75 at Reading. Reading lies along Norfolk Southern Railway’s Dayton District and the Indiana and Ohio Railway’s Oasis Subdivision.