Communities
The small towns spread across Clermont County were part of the network leading north from the Ohio River. Underground Railroad Conductors worked in concert with lines to the east in Brown County and to the west in Hamilton County as well as the Quaker communities to the north in Clinton and Warren County. As an Ohio River County, Freedom Seekers often were followed in hot pursuit by slave catchers as they crossed the river from Kentucky. The Clermont Freedom Trail seeks to link the historic Underground Railroad routes with the modern communities and to highlight their significance to the cause of freedom for all Americans.