West Middletown, Ohio

West Middletown is an unincorporated community in eastern Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States.^[1] It is located on the west shore of the Great Miami River about one mile from Middletown. It had about 200 people in 1905 and was formerly a station on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad. Founded as Madison City, it received the name Heno when it was awarded a post office in 1882. Since there was already another Madison City in Ohio, the postmaster general demanded a name change. According to legend, as old-timers were discussing the new name around the cracker barrel in the general store, a can of Heno tea caught their attention. So the town was named for the tea. But in 1907, the postmaster general decreed the village was within the shadow of Middletown, and only a few postal workers had ever heard of Heno, making it difficult to sort and forward mail to the place. The government ordered the village to accept the name of West Middletown. In 1963 the postmaster general in another decree closed the West Middletown post office, transferring its business to Middletown.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Middletown

Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.
Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882.

Municipalities and communities of Butler County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Hamilton

Cities	Fairfield‡ Hamilton Middletown‡ Monroe‡ Oxford Sharonville‡ Trenton

Villages	College Corner‡ Jacksonburg Millville New Miami Seven Mile

Townships	Fairfield Hanover Lemon Liberty Madison Milford Morgan Oxford Reily Ross St. Clair Wayne West Chester

CDPs	Beckett Ridge Darrtown Four Bridges Olde West Chester Ross Wetherington Williamsdale

Unincorporated communities	Alert Bethany Collinsville Excello Gano Maud Miltonville McGonigle Okeana Overpeck Poasttown Port Union Saint Charles Scipio‡ Shandon Somerville Tylersville West Middletown Woodsdale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°31′25″N 84°25′05″W / 39.52361°N 84.41806°W / 39.52361; -84.41806

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