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==History== On June 1, 1803, [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] veteran William Mason paid $1,700 at auction to purchase {{convert|640|acre|km2}} of land in what is now downtown Mason. In 1815, he platted 16 lots on this land and named the village "Palmyra." In 1835, a petition was sent to the federal post office to correct the name of the town. The town had been listed as Kirkwood, possibly an error because the postmaster at the time was named William Kirkwood. When village officials were informed that there was another Palmyra in Ohio, the name was officially changed to "Mason." In 1923 Main Street was paved, prompting a celebration throughout the town. Mason remained a small farming community for another 125 years. In 1970, a year before the town was incorporated to become a city, there were fewer than 5,700 residents.<ref>{{cite book |last= Springman |first= Rose Marie |title= [[Around Mason, Ohio: A Story]] |publisher= The Author |year= 1982}}{{request quotation|date=June 2016}}</ref> In February 1997, Mason withdrew from surrounding [[Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio|Deerfield Township]] by forming a [[paper township]] called Mason Township.<ref name="Enquirer Liebler">{{cite news|title=If township ends, what happens?|first1=Kym|last1=Liebler|first2=Tanya|last2=Albert|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|date=May 12, 1998|access-date=September 17, 2013|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/05/12/deerside212.html|quote=But based on a quick review, Mason likely would not be able to absorb Deerfield Township if it were dissolved, said Cheryl Subler, policy analyst for the County Commissioner Association of Ohio. According to 1953 case law, a paper township 'may not be considered an adjoining township,' she said.}}</ref> === Voice of America === In 1928 the 50,000 watt, 831-foot [[Voice of America Bethany Relay Station|WLW-AM tower]] was built on Tylersville Road. Six years after its construction President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] ordered the tower to operate 10 times it original power capacity. The new 500,000 wattage would be powerful enough to broadcast across the Atlantic ocean. This new strength would prove tedious for locals as they could hear the broadcast through their bedsprings, downspouts, and fencing. After complaints from other radio stations due to signal interference, the power would eventually be reduced in 1939 after the Federal Communications Commission chose not to renew the experimental broadcast, reducing the wattage back to its original 50,000 capacity. This decision was appealed by the [[Powel Crosley Jr.|Crosley Corporation]], the company who operated the tower, all the way to the Supreme Court where it was denied.
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