Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Middletown, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Middletown City. It lies in ZIP code area 45044. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle. 50,987 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.

Middletown within Butler County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middletown, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Middletown, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

55,072 words on this township

A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Middletown City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The original town plat of Middletown, laid out in 1802 by Stephen Vail and James Sutton, reads as follows: "The above town is laid out in the fractional section No. 28, in township and fourth range, between the Miami Rivers. ach lot is six poles one way, agreeably to the plan, except the lots Nos. 43, 46, 47, and 50, which are six poles square. The streets are each four poles wide. The course of those running from the river is south, sixty degrees east. Water and Main Streets cross the other at right angles. North Alley and South Alley are each two poles wide. East Alley and West Alley are each one pole wide. The alleys are parallel with the streets. The streets and alleys to be perpetually kept open for public use. The lots Nos. 10 and 11, which are colored green, are set aside for the public, to be appropriated to county purposes. First, Second, and Third Streets are always to be kept open to the river."

Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

In 1816 the first addition was laid out, as follows: 'Tn addition to Middletown, in the county of Butler, the subscribers have laid off fifty-seven lots, of the same dimensions of the whole lots in the old plat, excepting Lot 65, containing one hundred and fifty-six poles and fourfifths. Broad Street is five poles wide. What was called South Alley is made three poles wide and called Fourth Street, and the one south of it three poles wide and called Fifth Street. What is called East Alley, in the old part of the town, between the lots on Broadway Street and Main Street, is continued at one pole wide and called Middle Alley; and the one east of the lots, on the east side of Broadway, is one pole wide and called East Alley. The streets and alleys are parallel with those of the old town plat, as recorded, and are to be opened at any time a majority of the subscribers may think necessary, as witness our hands this the twentyseventh day of March, 1816. Broad Street is to be continued at each end thereof the same course until it intersects the county road to Franklin and the one south to Middletown, leading to Reading and thence to Cincinnati." This is signed by Hugh Vail, Shobal Vail, John Cummings, Daniel Doty, and Abner Enoch.

Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

Among the first settlers of Middletown are names yet familiar - Kzekiel Ball, Daniel Doty, Stephen Vail, Garret Van Vost, Moses Potter, and David Enoch. All these except Enoch were from New Jersey. He came about the year 1800, and settled on Section 23 and a fraction of 24, with his father. Abner Enoch obtained these lands by a deed in 1816, from James Monroe, then the President of the United States. Abner Enoch was one of the most remarkable men in this part of the country. He possessed natural abilities, was very energetic, and had an unusual tenacity of purpose. He engaged in manufacturing and farming. He built one of the first mills ever on the Miami River, which consisted of a saw-mill, grist-mill, and a woolen factory, and he also built a distillery. All these mills received water from the same race. Abner Enoch married first a Miss Piper, who died early. He then married her brother's widow. His first wife's father kept a hotel in Middletown, on the corner of Second and Main Streets. In the same house Mr. Enoch had a store at the same time. The hotel and the store were about the first of the kind in the town.

Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

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 Middletown City - it names this place 145 more 145 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 198 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 198 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middletown between 1879 and 1973: 114 Fungi, 72 Animalia, 12 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. C. Billups, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Adiantum pedatum L.	1929	?	Hueston Woods.
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Diadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 1859	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Storeria occipitomaculata Storer, 1839	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)	1879	not recorded	Hughes
Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827)	1880	not recorded	Monroe
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)	1880	not recorded	Monroe
Physella gyrina (Say, 1821)	1898	A. C. Billups	Middletown
Mycosphaerellaceae	1914	Overholts, L. O.	West Elkton
Polyporus biformis Fr.	1914	L.O. Overholts	West Elkton

All 198 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Middletown: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Armco Inc/ Middletown, Ohio	Iron	Unknown
Mecco Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mecco, Incorporated Plt	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Middletown Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Middletown Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Moorman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Moorman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Moorman Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middletown in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	1 hurt, $5,000	A woman was injured when a tree fell on her. She suffered a concussion and some cuts and bruises. Numerous trees were downed in the Middletown and in New Miami areas.
July 2006	Lightning	Middletown	1 hurt	An 18 year old girl on a telephone received minor injuries from a lightning strike.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$50,000	Trees, signs, and fences were downed along with some power lines.
May 2006	Hail	Middletown	$12,000	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	West Middletown	$10,000	A tree fell onto a house on Poplar Street.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$10,000	A boat was flipped over, shingles were blown off of a house, crops were bent over, and a tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$5,000	Several trees were downed. One tree fell on a truck, causing minor damage.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$5,000	Trees and power lines were kncked down in the city.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$5,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	West Middletown	$4,000	Numerous large trees uprooted or snapped in Madison Township.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$4,000	Numerous large trees were downed across the Middletown area.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$4,000	Several trees were downed across the eastern part of the county.
April 2007	Hail	Middletown	$4,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$3,000	Several trees were downed in the Middletown area.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$3,000	A few large tree limbs were knocked down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$3,000	A few trees knocked down
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$3,000	Several trees downed.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	Numerous large branches were downed.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	West Middletown	$1,000	A large tree, approximately 3 feet in diameter at the base, was knocked down.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	A tree was down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	A few trees were damaged about 20 to 30 feet above the ground due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	Large tree limbs and a tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	$1,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Hail	Middletown	$1,000	no account filed
March 2006	Flash Flood	Middletown	-	Several roads were flooded in town.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Middletown	-	Heavy rainfall caused flooded streets. Many vehicles were stranded in the high water including an ambulance that was transporting a patient to a hospital.
July 2024	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Middletown	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
August 2010	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Middletown	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oakland	0.6 miles	12
Harlan Park	1.1 miles	12
Upper Arlington	1.2 miles	12
West Middletown	1.2 miles	12
South Highlands	1.4 miles	12
Bon Veue	1.4 miles	16
Avalon	1.5 miles	12
Rose Lawn	1.6 miles	12

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 Middletown	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985515	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 1061519. 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.

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.