The village of Batavia , third county seat of Clermont County , was built on land surveyed on May 28, 1788.
Batavia was incorporated on February 10, 1842.
The first church was Methodist Episcopal and it, too, occupied the same corner as the school. For many years it was known as the Old Stone Church . In this building, on Thanksgiving Day 1909, was played the first reported high school basketball game in Clermont County .
Batavia became the third county seat of government on February 24, 1824.
A station on the Underground Railroad was located at 225 Wood Street . It is believed the runaway slaves hid in the small building in the back of the house.
The first newspaper in town (1828) was "The Clermont (or Ohio ) Sun." The original offices were located on the site of present 52 South Market Street.

The Township was founded in 1815 with but a few residents but today it has grown to about 23,000 residents. Batavia Township is home to East Fork State Park, Clermont Mercy Hospital, UC Clermont, American Modern Insurance Group, Clermont County Airport, Sporty’s, the Warbird Museum and so much more. The Township has several small and large businesses which offer employment opportunities to the residents of local communities.

Residents will find several subdivision which offer homes of vary prices as well as rural parts of our Township where farming is prevalent. As you can tell we are a very diverse community.