Sayler Park, Cincinnati

Sayler Park is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sayler Park is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] The west side neighborhood on the Ohio River is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.[2] The 65-acre (26 ha) Fernbank Park in Sayler Park stretches over a mile along the Ohio River.[3] The Thornton Triangle is Cincinnati's smallest municipal park.[4]

History

Sayler Park was annexed by the City of Cincinnati in 1911.[5] The neighborhood is known for its F5 tornado in 1974 during the Super Outbreak[6] (one of seven F5 tornadoes during that outbreak) which killed three and demolished many homes.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sayler Park
  2. ↑ Ball, Jennifer (Jun 2007). "Selling Points". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 97. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Fernbank Park". Cincinnati Park Board. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  4. ↑ "Cinciparks". cincinnatiparks.com. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  5. ↑ Clarke, S. J. (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  6. ↑ Horstmeyer, Steve (Dec 1995). "It's Not the Heat, It's The...". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 66. Retrieved 2013-05-18.

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Coordinates: 39°06′45″N 84°41′21″W / 39.1125°N 84.6891667°W / 39.1125; -84.6891667


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