Famous Residents
- Jay Farrar - Spent his childhood in Stookey Township, front man for alternative rock group Uncle Tupelo (with Jeff Tweedy), alternative rock group Son Volt, and a successful solo artist.
- Jenny Bindon - Goalkeeper for the New Zealand Women's Football Team at the 2007 Women's World Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Grew up in Stookey Township.
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“The [Loyal] legion has taken the place of the club—the famous Cincinnati Literary Club—in my affections.... The military circles are interested in the same things with myself, and so we endure, if not enjoy, each other.”
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