Mineral Ridge

History

The area of Mineral Ridge was primarily a farming community, with some coal mining in the 1830s. In the mid-1850s, John Lewis, superintendent of the Mineral Ridge Coal Mines, discovered black band iron ore beneath the layers of coal ore, leading to a boom of companies working with the blast furnaces of Brier Hill, Niles, and later, Mineral Ridge itself. The main deposit of iron for Youngstown’s growing steel industry, this iron was known as “American Scotch Pig” and “Warner’s Scotch Pig.” By the late 19th century, the mining industry was largely in decline and Mineral Ridge disincorporated in 1917. However, some mines did still operate into the Great Depression.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.51%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,889
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,681
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,662
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  4,482
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,023
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,954
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,922
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  3,747

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-03-05
  3 km SW of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.7 — 2026-01-06
  4 km ENE of North Madison, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2025-05-12
  4 km ESE of Madison, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-06-01
  1 km E of Madison, Ohio
• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2024-01-05
  3 km SE of Madison, Ohio