Collection: All Businesses
Being a railroad town brought a wide variety of businesses to Blanchester and surrounding communities. The steady stream of passengers on the trains brought customers to restaurants, hotels, saloons and stores.
Manufacturers took advantage of the ability of the rails to conveniently bring in raw material and ship out the finished products.
The links below lead to two valuable databases for researching Blanchester businesses. Both are searchable, making it easy to find what you are looking for.
The first is a database of historic Blanchester businesses including years of operation, owners, addresses and business type.
The second is a collection of businesses and their location in town. For each address, all known businesses that operated at that location are listed. It includes a map with lot numbers that correspond to each address. You can use this database to find the address of a business and search it in Google Maps. By using Street View you can then see what current or recent business is at that location.
Historic Blanchester Businesses Database
Location Map of Blanchester Businesses
Collections
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Blanchester Oil Company
The Blanchester Oil Company was an oil company and auto dealership started...
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Blanchester Swimming Pool
The Blanchester Swimming Pool opened Tuesday, August 25, 1931. It was located...
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Clinton Theatre
Clinton Theater (Currently Blanchester Movie Theater) is located on East Main Street...
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Dorsey's Rexall Drugs
The first dedicated pharmacy in Blanchester was opened by Dr. Frank M....
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First National Bank
The First National Bank of Blanchester has served the financial needs of...
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French Bros. Creamery
French Bros. Creamery had facilities in Blanchester and Martinsville. The Blanchester location...
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Haines/S. Haines & Company
S. Haines & Co. was founded in 1897 in Martinsville by Salathiel...
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Hunter Coffee
The People's Cash Grocery in Blanchester. was bought in 1906 by Amos...
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P.E. Snyder Hardware
Philip Edwin Snyder started his hardware store in 1888. One of the...
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Peoples Cash Grocery
The People's Cash Grocery in Blanchester was bought in 1906 by Amos...
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Rosenzweig's
Rosenzweig's was opened in 1940 in the new brick building located at...
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Spencer's Art Studio
Photography.
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Wilson's Zero Locker
Wilson's Zero Locker was located at 105 Bourbon St.
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