Addyston

History

The area that would later become Addyston was known as "Coal City" by the 1870s, as it was home to two highly productive coal elevators along the Ohio River. Canadian immigrant Matthew Addy purchased an area of Coal City's riverfront in 1889 and subsequently founded the Addyston Pipe and Steel Company. Addyston was incorporated in 1891. Addyston served as a company town for Addy's foundry, with nearly 80% of the village's homes rented by Pipe and Steel Company workers by the early 1900s. In 1894, the company entered into a cartel with other pipe manufacturers in which they agreed not to compete with each other in order to increase the price of their products. The cartel was the subject of an 1899 US Supreme Court antitrust case, Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States. Addyston was devastated by the Ohio River flood of 1937. The village's fire department closed in 1999. In 2021, Addyston's financial situation was referred to as a "record-keeping train wreck" by Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber. In October 2024, Ineos announced plans to close its plant in Addyston in the second quarter of 2025, stating that the plant was "no longer economical". Ineos violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by failing to inform the US Department of Labor of its intention to close. In the wake of the disbandment, Addyston Police Chief Jacob Tenbrink suggested that dissolving into Miami Township may be necessary, though Miami Township Administrator Jim Brett expressed his desire for Addyston to remain independent.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17,241
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  15,385
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  13,171
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,773
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,146
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,738
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  10,533
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,239