New Middleton, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44460. The Survey maps it on the Hanoverton quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1909 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lisbon 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
- 1959 USGS Hanoverton quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Hanoverton 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 Hanoverton quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Butler township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Elk Run Thoroughfares
The loss of the records prevents a full account of the first roads. In general, the highways were located with the same courses as they now have, and, as soon as the means of the township permitted, they were substantially improved and the streams bridged. To maintain the bridges, which have been frequently swept away by freshets, has been a heavy burden to the people of Elk Run.
In the county-history sources
41,959 words on this townshipHistory of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Butler Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Nov. 21, 1850, lie married Mary Ann Reeder, of Hanover township, in which her father's father was one of the first settlers. Four children were born of the union, to wit: Samuel L., born May 1, 1852, and now living in Butler; John L., born Nov. 12, 1853, now residing in New Middleton; Sylvester R., of Butler, born Dec. 7, 1858; and Ella Ann, born Sept. 11, 1809, and died Sept. 18, 1870. Mr. Whinnery's religious faith was that of a Quaker, in which he had been reared by his father ; and, although he was keenly watchful of current events, and observed from afar the political history of his time, he hold himself aloof from participation in politics, preferring to keep his mind untrammeled with the cares of office, and free from the distractions of a life eager for distinction.
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 Butler Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of New Middleton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15817 |
| 3 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15729 |
| 9 May 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15194 |
| 17 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15510 |
| 31 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 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 525 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 525 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Middleton between 1878 and 1975: 310 Animalia, 186 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, Adler, K. K., 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1887 | ? | Dense woods, Salem. |
![]() | Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato | 1887 | Wilkinson, E. | Salem |
![]() | Alternaria Nees | 1904 | D.F. Yenghing | |
![]() | Tringa semipalmata semipalmata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1878 | Collector(s): Leonard R. Freeman | Ohio Valley |
![]() | Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1883 | not recorded | Beloit |
![]() | Asclepias incarnata L. | 1884 | E. Wilkinson | Salem |
![]() | Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. | 1884 | E. Wilkinson | Salem |
![]() | Ilex verticillata (L.) A.Gray | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near line of Columbiana Co |
![]() | Onoclea sensibilis L. | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near line of Columbiana County |
![]() | Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (G.Lawson) Fernald | 1884 | Shafer, J.A. | near line of Columbiana Co |
![]() | Chamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | N.Y.P.U.O.RR, East of Salem |
![]() | Micranthes pensylvanica (L.) Haw. | 1885 | Shafer, J.A. | near line Columbiana Co |
All 525 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Middleton in 1 storm report between 2023 and 2023: 1 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Middleton | - | The public reported trees down near Salem, OH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Grove | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Valley | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Winona | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Salem Heights | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Salem | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| North Georgetown | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bridgewater | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| New Garden | 4.8 miles | 14 |
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 New Middleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22134035 | 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 1062917. 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.
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.

























