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Country
  
United States

County
  
Hamilton

FIPS code
  
39-08378

Elevation
  
265 m

Local time
  
Thursday 8:35 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1064484

Area
  
140 ha

Population
  
244 (2010)

Brecon, Ohio

Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 48% Humidity

Brecon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 244 at the 2010 census.

Contents

Map of Brecon, Sycamore Township, OH 45242, USA

History

Brecon was a depot on the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway. In 1894, it was described as a village of 50 inhabitants with a store, school and church.

Geography

Brecon is located at 39°16′50″N 84°21′23″W, along East Kemper Road, 18 miles (29 km) northeast of downtown Cincinnati and just north of the interchange between Interstate 71 and Interstate 275. The community is bordered by the CDP of Highpoint to the north, unincorporated Sycamore Township to the east, the city of Montgomery to the south, the city of Blue Ash to the southwest, and the city of Sharonville to the northwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), all land.

References

Brecon, Ohio Wikipedia