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Miami County, Ohio

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93newspaper titles
0digitized titles
47historic places
1800earliest paper
1807formed
108,774pop. 2020
68cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 93 newspaper titles published in Miami County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 47 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Troy, Piqua, Casstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Miami

Library of Congress
93 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Bradford SentinelBradford1800–1999
Covington EnterpriseCovington1800–1899
Covington Tribune GazetteCovington1800–1999
Piqua Tri-Weekly RegisterPiqua1800–1899
The Piqua Weekly RegisterPiqua1800–1856
The Piqua Weekly TribunePiqua1800–1899
The Troy ChronicleTroy1800–1899
The Weekly PressWest Milton1800–1899
The Piqua Gazette ; and Register of News, Agriculture, Arts and ManufacturesPiqua1820–1826
Piqua GazettePiqua1826–1829
Piqua Gazette and Miami Farmers' General IntelligencerPiqua1829–1831
The Troy TimesTroy1830–1839
The Troy TimesTroy1830–1839
The Troy, Ohio, TimesTroy1830–1838
Piqua Gazette ; and Western Atheneum of Literature, News and PoliticsPiqua1831–1833
Piqua GazettePiqua1833–1835
Western People's Press, and Piqua GazettePiqua1834–1899
Western Courier and Piqua EnquirerPiqua1835–1836
Western Courier and EnquirerPiqua1836–1837
Evangelische Religioese ZeitschriftPiqua1837–1899
The Piqua Courier and EnquirerPiqua1837–1840
The Troy TimesTroy1838–1846
The MiamianTroy1839–1899
Piqua IntelligencerPiqua1840–1841
Miami Valley RegisterPiqua1841–1843
Piqua RegisterPiqua1843–1849
The HeraldTroy1845–1899
The Troy Weekly TimesTroy1846–1848
Piqua RegisterPiqua1847–1899
Piqua Dollar Weekly RegisterPiqua1849–1899
The NewsTroy1849–1849
The Piqua EnquirerPiqua1849–1865
Troy TimesTroy1849–1850
The Troy Weekly TimesTroy1850–1856
Piqua Journal and Daily DispatchPiqua1852–1899
The Troy TimesTroy1856–1871
The Piqua RegisterPiqua1857–1862
Miami UnionTroy1864–1925
Piqua DemocratPiqua1864–1870
The Piqua JournalPiqua1865–1901
The Piqua BulletinPiqua1868–1899
Daily Miami Valley NewsPiqua1869–1870
The Miami Valley NewsPiqua1869–1870
Tippecanoe City HeraldTipp City, Tippecanoe City1869–1999
The LiliputianPiqua1870–1899
The Stillwater Valley GazetteCovington1870–1874
The BuckeyeTroy, West Milton1876–1909
Der Piqua CorrespondentPiqua1878–1894
The Troy Weekly SentinelTroy1878–1880
West Milton ArgusWest Milton1879–1899
Piqua Daily NewsPiqua1881–1899
The Piqua Morning CallPiqua1883–1883
The Piqua Weekly HeraldPiqua1883–1884
The Piqua Daily CallPiqua1884–1922
The Troy DemocratTroy1884–1948
Piqua Daily DispatchPiqua1886–1901
The Piqua Daily LeaderPiqua1888–1901
The West Milton RecordWest Milton1892–?
The Young AmericanPiqua1896–1899
The Troy RecordTroy1897–1917
The Daily HeadlightPiqua1899–1999
Die Miami PostPiqua1900–1999
Semi-Weekly SentinelBradford1900–1999
The Morning SentinelBradford1900–1999
Tipp City HeraldTipp City1900–1999
Tri-City AdvocateTroy1900–?
Piqua Leader-DispatchPiqua1901–1919
Piqua Morning NewsPiqua1901–1999
The Piqua CitizenPiqua1904–1904
Troy Daily NewsTroy1909–?
The Business Men's AppealPiqua1912–1912
The Piqua NewsPiqua1914–1999
Piqua Daily PressPiqua1915–1999
May's Opera House Motion Picture NewsPiqua1916–1999
Piqua Press-DispatchPiqua1919–1922
[Meteor]Piqua1919–1999
The Piqua Daily Call and Piqua Press-DispatchPiqua1922–1927
Stillwater Valley NewsCovington1924–1926
Miami Union and Feature WeeklyTroy1925–1948
The NewsCovington1926–1928
The Piqua Daily CallPiqua1927–?
The Stillwater Valley NewsCovington1928–1929
The Stillwater Valley Daily NewsCovington1929–1932
The Stillwater Valley NewsCovington1932–1939
The Stillwater Valley Daily NewsCovington1939–1946
The Stillwater Valley NewsCovington1946–1955
Miami UnionTroy1949–1953
Stillwater Valley News and Bradford SentinelCovington1955–1957
Stillwater Valley AdvertiserCovington1957–?
Miami Sunday News1958–?
Mad River CourierHuber Heights, Huber Heights1970–1973
Tipp City Independent VoiceTipp City2000–?
The HeraldTipp City, Tippecanoe City?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

34 of 47 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

47 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
African Jackson CemeteryPiquaSite1982
ArrowstonPiquaBuilding1980
Baumgardner, William, House and Farm BuildingsNew CarlisleBuilding1978
Bradford Junction Interlocking TowerBradfordBuilding1995
Casstown Lutheran Stone ChurchCasstownBuilding1984
Covington Historic Government BuildingCovingtonBuilding1981
Culbertson, Robert, HouseTroyBuilding1975
Curtis & Reed Carriage WorksPiquaBuilding2026
Detrick Milling and Distilling CompanyTipp CityBuilding2010
Dunlap, William K., HouseTroyBuilding1976
Dye, John Minor, Stone HouseTroyBuilding1983
Eldean Covered BridgeTroyStructure1975
Eldean Covered Bridge NHLTroyStructure
Elizabeth Township Rural Historic DistrictCasstownDistrict1997
First Presbyterian ChurchTroyBuilding1976
Fort Piqua HotelPiquaBuilding1974
Hayner, Mary Jane, HouseTroyBuilding1976
Hobart Circle Historic DistrictTroyDistrict1989
Hobart, E. A., HouseTroyBuilding1989
Hobart, William, Vacation HouseTroyBuilding1989
House at 1022 West Main StreetTroyBuilding1989
House at 121 South RidgeTroyBuilding1989
House at 129 South RidgeTroyBuilding1989
House at 145 South RidgeTroyBuilding1989
House at 203 Penn RoadTroyBuilding1989
Iddings, Benjamin, Log HouseTroyBuilding1976
Lockington Locks Historical AreaLockingtonDistrict1969
McKinley SchoolWest MiltonBuilding2005
Miami County Courthouse and Power StationTroyBuilding1975
Newberry Township SchoolBradfordBuilding2012
Old Tippecanoe Main Street Historic DistrictTipp CityDistrict1983
Overfield TavernTroyBuilding1976
Piqua High SchoolPiquaBuilding1996
Piqua Historical Area State MemorialPiquaBuilding1971
Piqua-Caldwell Historic DistrictPiquaDistrict1985
Plainview FarmCasstownBuilding1985
Pleasant Hill United Church of ChristPleasant HillBuilding2002
Rial, York, HousePiquaBuilding1986
Saunders Seed CompanyTipp CityBuilding2010
Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, FarmCasstownBuilding1976
Sheets, Andrew, HouseElizabeth TownshipBuilding1988
Staley FarmBrandtBuilding1980
Troy Public SquareTroyDistrict1975
Twin Arch Stone CulvertTroyStructure1978
Weddle, Callahill and Priscilla, HouseTroyBuilding1987
Williams, Judge Henry, HouseTroyBuilding1976
Zollinger, S., Company BuildingPiquaBuilding2015

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Miami was formed in 1807 (1807-04-01) from Montgomery.

MIAMI created from MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Miami County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

109k56k3,9411810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,9418,85119,68829,95936,15843,10548,42852,63261,30972,90190,38198,868108,774

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
DAAVPark unit32.4 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

68 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 68 of 68 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson Cemetery40.17155-84.06241
Bethel Cemetery39.89172-84.13605
Bloomer Cemetery40.18058-84.41357
Bradford Cemetery40.10953-84.42934
Bright Cemetery40.0636-84.08141
Casstown Cemetery40.04505-84.1316
Cedar Hill Cemetery40.15206-84.22435
Center Friends Cemetery39.97939-84.36225
Crawford Cemetery39.93593-84.05595
Curtis Union Cemetery39.94533-84.27522
Deeter Cemetery40.11953-84.39736
English Cemetery39.95193-84.17599
Fletcher Cemetery40.1481-84.11105
Fletcher Presbyterian Churchyard Cemetery40.14671-84.11327
Forest Hill Cemetery40.16565-84.25822
Garby Cemetery 240.14796-84.15976
Garby Cemetery Number 140.15458-84.15785
Greenville Creek Cemetery40.11313-84.4119
Harris Creek Cemetery40.14957-84.43086
Hickory Grove Cemetery39.92395-84.07299
Highland Cemetery40.12989-84.35367
Highland Cemetery39.9313-84.33651
Honeyman Cemetery39.95839-84.28133
Hyattsville Cemetery39.96415-84.17903
Jackson Cemetery40.15722-84.23547
Johnston Cemetery40.17685-84.26065
Johnston Cemetery40.09021-84.05009
Kepper Cemetery39.97033-84.14272
Knoop Cemetery40.02076-84.15568
Kyle Cemetery39.98589-84.10411
Leatherwood Cemetery40.14894-84.02938
Lewis Cemetery40.05798-84.11125
Lost Creek Cemetery40.07581-84.11824
Maple Hill Cemetery39.947-84.17189
McKendree Chapel Cemetery39.99584-84.04512
McKinney Cemetery40.18264-84.24422
Meek Cemetery40.04523-84.05804
Miami Memorial Park40.15149-84.3534
Monroe Cemetery39.92228-84.25356
Old Blue Cemetery40.03258-84.17727
Old Ludlow Cemetery39.98684-84.41272
Old Milton Cemetery39.95756-84.32436
Old Union Cemetery40.01254-84.33439
Palmer Chapel Cemetery39.88117-84.06605
Pearson Cemetery39.97005-84.22494
Pisgah Cemetery39.94936-84.10273
Pleasant Hill Cemetery40.05366-84.35272
Potsdam Cemetery39.96505-84.41494
Priest Cemetery40.12699-84.33578
Raper Chapel Cemetery40.07795-84.20511
Riverside Cemetery40.05023-84.20408
Riverside Cemetery39.96588-84.3255
Rose Hill Cemetery40.04408-84.19784
Saint Johns Cemetery39.9445-84.1755
Saint Paul's Cemetery40.1973-84.368
Saylor Cemetery39.96646-84.09168
Sodom Cemetery40.0881-84.06966
Staunton Cemetery40.04031-84.1778
Studebaker Cemetery39.93089-84.11105
Sugar Grove Cemetery40.08131-84.35367
Thomas Cemetery40.01324-84.21289
Union Church Cemetery40.16869-84.35795
Vore Cemetery39.96655-84.28606
West Branch Cemetery39.93541-84.33249
West Charleston Cemetery39.92142-84.13547
Wheelock Cemetery39.96508-84.28379
Winters Cemetery39.97575-84.10676
Youtsey Cemetery40.08644-84.11021
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Babbtown39.97033-84.13938
County Line39.92089-84.31467
Ellemans40.00839-84.33939
Jimtown40.11088-84.27828
Meyers40.13144-84.31717
Rowdyville40.09533-84.343
Sodom40.08728-84.07105
Summitville40.16116-84.32717
Twin Lakes40.122-84.218

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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