History of Middletown, Ohio
Middletown is an All-America City Award|All-American City[http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/03/14/loc_middletownmood14.html] located in Butler County, Ohio|Butler and Warren County, Ohio|Warren counties in southwestern Ohio. Formerly in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio|Lemon, Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio|Turtlecreek, and Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio|Franklin townships, Middletown was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly on February 11, 1833, and became a city in 1886. The city was the home of AK Steel Holding Corporation (formerly Armco), a major steel works founded in 1900 until it moved to West Chester Township, Ohio in 2007, and Rogers Ltd., Inc. (a.k.a. Rogers Jewelers). Middletown contains a small municipal airport known as Hook Field, (airport code MWO), but is no longer served by commercial airliners, only for general aviation. A regional campus of Miami University is located in Middletown.
The population of Middletown as of the United States Census 2000|2000 census was 51,605, as Middletown continues to focus on an outward growth from annexation rather than from interior redevelopment. Its name is believed to have come from its founder, Stephen Vail, but questions remain unanswered as to why. One local historian stated that the town received its name because Mr. Vail, had come from Middletown, New Jersey. Another writer believed that the town was named Middletown because it was the midway point of navigation on the Great Miami River, which was then considered a navigable stream. Vail centered the town in Fractional Section 28 of Town 2, Range 4 North. The [http://www.shoptownemall.com/shop/towne.nsf Towne Mall], located near I-75, is the main shopping center of the city.
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