Mahoning Valley
[6] The Mahoning Valley is suitable for steel manufacture because of "its proximity to the Lake Erie ports that receive iron ore…the coal fields of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia; and to limestone deposits."[7] The "25-mile stretch of steel mills and related industries" along the Mahoning River is similar to the Ruhr Valley in Germany.A notable plant closure occurred on September 19, 1977, when Youngstown Sheet and Tube abruptly closed its Campbell Works and furloughed 5,000 workers.[9] A 2009 documentary, Steel Valley: Meltdown, addresses "the past, present and future of the Mahoning Valley" through the eyes of local experts, including one local organizer who stated, "We are the first generation completely removed from the days when steel mills were active.The Mahoning Valley is home to a number of higher education facilities, including: NCAA Division I sports are played in the region, with Youngstown State University fielding eight men's and ten women's teams.
Mahoning Valley (geographic)Metropolitan Statistical AreaDowntown YoungstownCity of YoungstownCity of WarrenCountryUnited StatesYoungstownBoardmanWarrenAustintownEast LiverpoolUS: 127thTime zoneUTC−5UTC−4Area code(s)metropolitan areaNortheast OhioYoungstown, OhioU.S. Census BureauMahoningTrumbull2020 census125th-largest metro areaMahoning RiverClevelandPittsburghRust Beltcombined statistical areamicropolitan areaColumbiana County, OhioMercer County, PennsylvaniaLawrence County, PennsylvaniaCivil Wareconomic depression of the 1890sLake Erieiron orelimestoneRuhr ValleySteel ValleyPittsburgh metropolitan area1970s steel crisisYoungstown Sheet and Tubefurloughedscrap metalaluminumYoungstown and Austintown RailroadWarren and Trumbull RailroadColumbianaStruthersGirardCampbellAllianceBeloitBerlin CenterCanfieldCraig BeachLowellvilleMaple RidgeMineral RidgeNew MiddletownPolandSebringCortlandHubbardNewton FallsLordstownMcDonaldOrangevilleWest FarmingtonYankee LakeEast PalestineHanovertonLeetoniaLisbonMinervaNew WaterfordRogersSalinevilleSummitvilleWashingtonvilleWellsvilleBeaverBerlinCoitsvilleEllsworthGoshenJacksonMiltonSpringfieldBazettaBloomfieldBracevilleBristolBrookfieldChampionFarmingtonFowlerGreeneGustavusHartfordHowlandJohnstonKinsmanLibertyMesopotamiaNewtonSouthingtonVernonViennaWeathersfieldButlerCenterElkrunFairfieldFranklinHanoverLiverpoolMadisonMiddletonSt. ClairWashingtonYellow CreekcensusAfrican American