Middletown, OH

Middletown is a Butler and Warren county city between Cincinnati and Dayton, set along the Great Miami River. It was platted in 1802 and later became deeply tied to steelmaking through Armco, later AK Steel and now part of Cleveland-Cliffs. That industrial history still shapes the city's reputation and landscape. Middletown also has cultural and historic districts, including South Main Street, and a Miami University regional presence. It is a working Ohio river city with both manufacturing weight and reinvention pressure.