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Welcome to Miamisburg Ohio
Country: United States (US) - Latitude: 39 38' 34" N - Longitude: 84 17' 12" W
1990 Population:17,834 - 1995 Population:27,290 - 2000 Population:19,489
Elevation: 703 - Zip Code: 45342 - 10,281 square miles - 6,580 Acres
25 Bridges (7 Bridges city maintained, 8 Bridges county maintained)
650 Fire Hydrants - 23 Traffic Lights - 1,291 Streets
Miamisburg's name was derived from the Miami Indians.
The Miamisburg Mound is one of the largest conical mounds east of the Mississippi River.
Along with the 57 acres of park and picnic grounds, visitors can climb the 116 steps to witness the view from the top of the largest conical Native American burial mound in the state. Mound Ave., 3 mi. west of I-75, 1 mi. south of St. Rte. 725. Miamisburg was first platted in 1818. Local Income Tax: 1.75% - Recycling Data: Operates Own Water and Waste Treatment Plant
About the Train Derailment in Miamisburg: On July 8, 1986 at 4:30 p.m. fifteen cars of a forty-four-car CSX train derailed near Miamisburg, Ohio. Some of the cars that derailed contained phosphorus. When ignited, phosphorus releases poisonous gas. Shortly after the derailment, city officials ordered thousands of Miamisburg residents to evacuate their homes. The next day, officials allowed these people to return, only to have the phosphorus ignite. One Miamisburg resident described the resulting vapor cloud as "real heavy stuff, hugging right on the ground, like fog. People had their lights on, it was so dark." A second evacuation occurred, with approximately twenty thousand people seeking shelter at Dayton, Ohio, at the University of Dayton and the Dayton Convention Center. This was the largest evacuation to occur in Ohio's history. By July 10, all but two hundred families had returned home, as most of the phosphorous had burned. Over three hundred people sought treatment at area hospitals due to respiratory problems. More than one billion dollars in lawsuits resulted from this derailment.
A little bit more about the history of the name "Hole Station": About 1797, Zachariah Hole came with his family from Virginia and fearing fighting the local Indians, he built a stockade on the West bank of the Miami River opposite the mouth of Bear Creek. He found the Indians friendly. To the stockade came squatters, surveying parties, and settlers who had taken out grants and lived there until their own cabins were completed; hence the small community came to be known as "Hole Station." On Feb. 20, 1818, four men from Pennsylvania—Emanuel Gebhart, Jacob Kercher, Dr. John Treon and Dr. Peter Treon—offered for sale at public auction 90 lots in a new town by the name of Miamisburg. Situated on the left bank of the Miami River, the plat was divided into square lots containing one-fifth of an acre.
The small community had been known as "Hole's Station" since about 1797, when Zachariah Hole settled there with his family from Virginia and built a stockade as protection from Indians. In the interim, many settlers had arrived in the area, mostly from Pennsylvania. The name Miamisburg was derived from the Miami Indian tribe that resided there, combining "Miamis" with "burg," which denotes a borough or town. By 1832, the unincorporated community had become a village and achieved City status about 100 years later.
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