Brecon, OH

Brecon is a census-designated place in Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 408 residents. Brecon was a depot on the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway. In 1894, it was described as a village of 50 inhabitants with a store, school and church. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Brecon, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Brecon, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Brecon is located along East Kemper Road, 18 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati and just north of the interchange between Interstate 71 and Interstate 275. The community is bordered by the CDP of Highpoint to the north, unincorporated Sycamore Township to the east, Montgomery to the south, Blue Ash to the southwest, and Sharonville to the northwest. Brecon's downtown is part of the local map.