Middletown (Ohio)

Butler County

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The City of Middletown, Ohio is located in Butler County. It was founded in 1883, in 1886 the city survey took place. Today it numbers 51 605 inhabitants (according to Census 2000). In the north- east of the city regional airport Hook Field is called ( IATA code MWO ) and a campus of four Miami University 's Middletown home.

It is believed that the name of the founder of the city, Stephen Vail derived. That, at least, a local historian indicating that Vail was from Middletown, New Jersey. Other sources claim that the name came from their geographical location as a navigation point on the then important waterway on the Miami River.

In Middletown AK Steel operates a steel plant.

A notable event was the last successful arrest of the Clyde Barrow in March 1930.

Geographical location

Information from the United States Census Bureu According to the city has a total area of ​​66.8 km ². 0.4 km ² (0.54 %) of which are covered with water. The city is located on the Miami River, a major waterway for transporting goods from New York to the Great Lakes was earlier on in the midwestern United States.

Population Development

¹ 1980 - 2010: census results

Schools in Middletown

Primary schools

  • Amanda Elementary School
  • Central Academy
  • Creek View Elementary School
  • G.A.T.E. ( Gifted and Talented Enrichment - Gifted School )
  • Mayfield Elementary School
  • McKinley Elementary School
  • Roosevelt Elementary School
  • Rosedale Elementary School
  • Taft Elementary School
  • Wildwood Elementary School
  • Wilson Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Stephen Vail Middle School
  • George M. Verity Middle School

Universities

  • Garfield Alternative High School
  • Middletown High School
  • Middle Athletics ( sport school )
  • Middletown Music ( School of Music )

Universities

  • Miami University

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Todd Bell, football player
  • Dave Burrell, jazz pianist
  • James E. Campbell, Governor of Ohio
  • Dawn Hampton, singer, saxophonist, songwriter and dancer
  • Paula Hampton, Jazzschlagzeugerin
  • Jerry Lucas, former basketball player
  • Ann Swisshelm, curler and gold medal winner at the Curling World Championships
  • William Verity, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
  • The McGuire Sisters, pop singing trio in the 1950s and early 1960s had a string of hits
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