Editing North College Hill, Ohio (section)

===Development of a community===
Through the nineteenth century, as College Hill to the south and [[Mount Healthy, Ohio|Mount Healthy]] to the north matured into towns, the area that was to become North College Hill remained largely farmland. Beginning in 1905, saw mill owner John Meyer used his surplus lumber to build a subdivision of small homes north of Galbraith Road and west of Hamilton Avenue and called it Meyerville. Within the next ten years, two other groups of homes – Clovernook, east of Hamilton Avenue, and Sunshine, south of Galbraith and west of Hamilton – were started. The three subdivisions, with a total of about 500 residents, were incorporated as the [[Village]] of North College Hill in 1916.<ref name=paradise />

As the automobile stretched [[commuting]] distances, the village's affordable housing attracted a growing population, and it increased from about 1,100 to 4,100 residents during the 1920s. In 1941, the village incorporated as a [[City]] and continued to grow until the population stabilized at its peak of around 12,000 by 1960.<ref>“[http://www.northcollegehill.org/DocumentCenter/View/70 A Brief History of North College Hill],” ''City of North College Hill''. Retrieved on 1/23/2017.</ref> A few homes were removed for the completion of [[Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway]] ([[Ohio State Route 126]]) in 1997. Population has declined more or less steadily over the past four decades, according to the U.S. Census: 1970 12,363; 1980 10,990; 1990 11,002; 2000 10,082; 2010 9,397.<ref>“[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/publications/election/fedroster2009/HistoricalAppendix.pdf Historical Appendices: Population in Cities in Ohio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712062648/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/publications/election/fedroster2009/HistoricalAppendix.pdf |date=2013-07-12 }},” ''Secretary of State, Ohio''. Retrieved on 12/1/2011.</ref><ref>“[http://www.development.ohio.gov/research/files/s0/Hamilton.pdf Ohio County Profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119153024/http://development.ohio.gov/research/files/s0/Hamilton.pdf |date=2011-11-19 }},” ''Department of Development, Ohio''. Retrieved on 12/1/2011.</ref>

In 2007, [[Money (magazine)|''Money'']] magazine listed the city sixth among places "where homes are affordable".<ref>“[https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0707/gallery.BPTL_most_affordable.moneymag/6.html Where homes are affordable],” ''Money Magazine'', July 7, 2007. Retrieved on 4/27/2008.</ref> On November 6, 2007 a ballot initiative to make North College Hill a [[charter city]] was passed by the voters.<ref>[http://www.smartvoter.org/2007/11/06/oh/hm/issue/37/ Issue 37: Proposed Charter - Hamilton County, OH]. Retrieved on July 12, 2008.</ref> In 2011 North College Hill was rated the "best place to raise kids in Ohio" by [[Businessweek|''Bloomberg Businessweek'']], based on such factors as school performance, the number of schools, crime statistics, cost of living, job growth, air quality, ethnic diversity, and access to recreational facilities.<ref>“[http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20101214/the-best-places-to-raise-your-kids-2011/slides/36 The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125204429/http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20101214/the-best-places-to-raise-your-kids-2011/slides/36 |date=2011-11-25 }},” ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. Retrieved on 12/1/2011.</ref>