The Miami Valley is the land area surrounding the
Great Miami River in southwest
Ohio
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, USA, and includes the
Little Miami,
Mad, and
Stillwater rivers as well. Geographically, it includes
Dayton
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
,
Springfield,
Middletown,
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilto ...
, and other communities. The name is derived from the
Miami Indians.
Commonly, however, it refers to the economic and cultural-social region centered on the
Greater Dayton area . Middletown and Hamilton both fall under the economic and cultural-social influence of
Cincinnati
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and thus are not commonly included in this sense. Institutions and enterprises in the Dayton area, such as
Miami Valley Career Technology Center,
Miami Valley HospitalMiami Valley Young Marines Miami Valley Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
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and Miami Valley Storytellers illustrate local usage.
History
During the mid-twentieth century, among the largest employers in the Valley were
Procter & Gamble
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in Cincinnati,
Champion Paper and Fiber in Hamilton,
Armco
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in Middletown, and
National Cash Register
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in Dayton.
Counties and cities
Local television stations
WDTN, Think
TV (
WPTD and
WPTO),
WHIO-TV,
WKEF and
WRGT
WRGT-TV (channel 45) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Dabl. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast G ...
include the following counties and cities in the cultural Miami Valley:
*
Montgomery County (
Dayton
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)
*
Greene County (
Xenia)
*
Preble County (
Eaton
Eaton may refer to:
Buildings Canada
* Eaton Centre, the name of various shopping malls in Canada due to having been anchored by an Eaton's store
* Eaton's / John Maryon Tower, a cancelled skyscraper in Toronto
* Eaton Hall (King City), a conferen ...
)
*
Clark County (
Springfield)
*
Miami County (
Troy
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)
*
Darke County
Darke County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,881. Its county seat is Greenville. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1817. It is named for William Darke, an officer in t ...
(
Greenville)
*
Champaign County (
Urbana __NOTOC__
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United States
*Urbana, Illinois
**Urbana (conference), a Christian conference formerly held in Urbana, Illinois
*Urbana, Indiana
* Urbana, Iowa
*Urbana, Kansas
* Urbana, Maryland
*Urbana, ...
)
*
Shelby County (
Sidney)
*
Logan County (
Bellefontaine)
*
Butler
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and
Warren counties (
Middletown)
*
Wayne County, Indiana
Wayne County is a county located in east central Indiana, United States, on the border with Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,917. The county seat is Richmond.
Wayne County comprises the Richmond, IN Micropolitan Statistica ...
(
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, Californi ...
)
*
Mercer County (
Celina)
*
Auglaize County
Auglaize County () is a county in Northwestern Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,442. Its county seat is Wapakoneta.
Auglaize County comprises the Wapakoneta Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also inc ...
(
Wapakoneta)
Additionally, WHIO includes the following locations in its news and weather coverage:
*
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
**Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, s ...
(
Wilmington)
*
Union County, Indiana (
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
)
*
Randolph County, Indiana
Randolph County is a county located in the central section of U.S. state of Indiana, on its eastern border with Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 26,171. The county seat is Winchester.
History
The Indiana General Assembly authorized th ...
(
Winchester
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)
Major highways
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Interstate 75 - Runs north to south along the valley and through downtown Dayton.
*
Interstate 70
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- Traverses the valley from east to west.
*
Interstate 71 - Runs north to south along the eastern half of the Miami Valley.
*
Interstate 675 -
Bypasses Dayton from I-75 south of the city to I-70 east of it.
*
U.S. Route 35 - Runs east to west through the Dayton metro area.
*
U.S. Route 68 - Runs north to south through farmlands in the eastern Miami Valley.
*
U.S. Route 127 - Runs north to south through several cities and rural communities in the western Miami Valley.
*
Ohio State Route 129 - Connects Hamilton to I-75.
*
Ohio State Route 49 - Forms a bypass west of Dayton and continues north into Darke County.
Demographics
As
Greater Cincinnati grows northward through Butler County, it could conceivably merge with Greater Dayton by 2030, thereby virtually erasing any boundary between the two current Combined Statistical Areas (CSA). As a result, the
US Census Bureau
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could begin reporting the Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan areas as one by that time, though it would be up to the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget
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to make the merger decision. The new Cincinnati–Dayton metropolitan area would be comparable in size to that of the
Orlando–Deltona–Daytona Beach, FL CSA and place it within the top 20 most populous metros in the US, with a population of nearly 3.0 million.
A combined Cincinnati-Dayton metropolitan comes closer to reality
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See also
* Dayton metropolitan area
References
Further reading
* Sealander, Judith. ''Grand Plans: Business Progressivism and Social Change in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929'' (1988
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Regions of Ohio
Valleys of Ohio
Landforms of Montgomery County, Ohio
Landforms of Greene County, Ohio
Landforms of Preble County, Ohio
Landforms of Clark County, Ohio
Landforms of Miami County, Ohio
Landforms of Darke County, Ohio
Landforms of Champaign County, Ohio
Landforms of Shelby County, Ohio
Landforms of Logan County, Ohio
Landforms of Butler County, Ohio
Landforms of Warren County, Ohio
Landforms of Wayne County, Indiana