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Founded in 1795 South Lebanon is the oldest town in Warren County, Ohio. Originally known as the Village of Deerfield but was changed to South Lebanon in 1871 as there was another "Village of Deerfield" up in Portage County, Ohio which caused confusion with the mail delivery.

South Lebanon is most notable for the TV commercials in the 1960s for "Kash's Big Bargain Barn". A former business known as Fred's Mushroom Products Company which was the largest producer of Mushrooms in the Midwest. South Lebanon was home to "Duff's Famous Smorgasbord" which was a popular chain of restaurants in the 1970s. The King Family who established the Peters Cartridge Company in Kings Mill once owned a large farm in South Lebanon before moving to and establishing "Kings Mill".

The original cemetery for South Lebanon sat down along the river where the ball fields are now located. Due to frequent flooding, in the 1950s the headstones were moved up on the hill to Deerfield Cemetery. Strangely though the bodies were left in place and still sit under the ballfields to this day.

GPS Location: 39°22'31.9"N 84°12'14.6"W