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Miami Valley, a term for the Dayton metropolitan area; Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio—sometimes referred to as "Miami of Ohio" Miami RedHawks, the intercollegiate sports program of Miami University; Miami and Erie Canal, canal in Ohio that used to run from Toledo to Cincinnati
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Miami University's main campus is in Oxford, Ohio; the city is in the Miami Valley in southwestern Ohio about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Cincinnati and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Dayton. Oxford is a college town , with over 70% of the residents attending college or graduate school.
Miami County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,774. [2] Its county seat is Troy. [3] The county is named in honor of the Miami people. [4] Miami County is part of the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Location of the Miami Valley. The Miami Valley is the land area surrounding the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio, USA, and includes the Little Miami, Mad, and Stillwater rivers as well. Geographically, it includes Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, Hamilton, and other communities. The name is derived from the Miami Indians. [1]
Pickawillany (also spelled Pickawillamy, Pickawillani, or Picqualinni) was an 18th-century Miami Indian village located on the Great Miami River in North America's Ohio Valley near the modern city of Piqua, Ohio. [2]
Map of Ohio showing the Symmes Purchase. The Symmes Purchase, also known as the Miami Purchase, was an area of land totaling roughly 311,682 acres (487.003 sq mi; 1,261.33 km 2) [1] in what is now Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties of southwestern Ohio, purchased by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey in 1788 from the Continental Congress.
The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for its history of producing successful sports coaches, especially in football. Bob Kurz, a former Miami sports communications worker, popularized the term in a 1983 book, though the school's association with the nickname goes as far back as the early 1960s.