Golf in Middletown

Middletown is a Butler County city between Dayton and Cincinnati whose story has gained national attention through J.D. Vance's memoir about the deindustrialization and cultural crisis affecting Rust Belt communities. The American Rolling Mill Company's Middletown facilities were once among the largest steel production centers in the country, and the city's subsequent decline following steel's contraction created the conditions Vance documented. Today Middletown maintains its community institutions—including multiple golf venues—while navigating the ongoing challenges of post-industrial reinvention in the Great Miami River valley.