Middleton, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44408. The Survey maps it on the Elkton quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1907 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1907 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Elkton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,192 words on this townshipHistory of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Fairfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Near Middleton, Henry Dixson owned a tract of land upon which settled his sons-in-law, John Woods and John Cope; and in the same neighborhood, John Allman lived as early as 1802. His death occurred in 1811, and was one of the first deaths among the adults of the township.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
A few years later Joab Pritchett settled on the same section, No. 25, and lived there until his death, in 1851. He came from New Jersey, and had then a son, John, who lives in Wayne County. A son born in Fairfield, Joseph, is now a citizen of Middleton.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Fairfield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 2004 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5006 |
| 29 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1741 |
| 9 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 866 |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 587 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 587 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middleton between 1882 and 1975: 292 Animalia, 266 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Andreas, B.; Cusick, A.W., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | Petersburg |
![]() | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
![]() | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Solanum dulcamara L. | 1882 | Shafer, J.A. | near Petersburg |
![]() | Equisetum hyemale subsp. affine (A.Braun & Engelm.) A.A.Eaton | 1883 | Shafer, J.A. | near Petersburg |
![]() | Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch | 1883 | Shafer, J.A. | Petersburg |
![]() | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | Near Petersburg Cemetery |
![]() | Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | Wm. Hills place near Petersburg |
![]() | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near Petersburg |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near Petersburg |
![]() | Chelone glabra L. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near Petersburg |
![]() | Clematis virginiana L. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | Petersburg |
All 587 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Aluminum/ Columbiana, Ohio | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Refractories | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Coppock Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Coppock Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleton in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported that many snapped and uprooted trees were observed between New Waterford and Rogers. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $5,000 | A trained spotter stated that numerous trees were uprooted across their property. The time of occurrence was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $5,000 | Local 911 reported trees down in Fairfield Township. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $1,000 | A large tree was reported to be downed on County Road 558. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Middleton | - | The public reported trees down near Salem, OH. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | - | Local police reported trees down at this time. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | - | The Department of Highways reported trees down along Route 558. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Fairfield | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| New Waterford | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Signal | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rogers | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Columbiana | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Southern Terrace Park | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mill Rock | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Newhouse (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Middleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133970 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061517. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.


























