West Middletown, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45042. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1908 USGS Miamisburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1905 county history
11,332 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Madison Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Madison Township - 11,332 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 213 shownMuseums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Middletown between 1879 and 1974: 115 Fungi, 84 Animalia, 14 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.
| Image | 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 213 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West 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.
| Where | 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 |
Storms nearby
3 since 2015The National Weather Service names West Middletown in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Middletown | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a house on Poplar Street. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Middletown | $4,000 | Numerous large trees uprooted or snapped in Madison Township. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Middletown | $1,000 | A large tree, approximately 3 feet in diameter at the base, was knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oakland | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Harlan Park | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bon Veue | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Avalon | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Upper Arlington | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rose Lawn | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| North Excello | 2.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061745. 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.




















