West Charleston, Ohio

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"West Charleston" redirects here. For the unincorporated village in Vermont, see Charleston, Vermont.

West Charleston is an unincorporated community in western Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States. It was laid out in 1807 by Charles Friend and was at that time known as Friendtown. Notable early residents were John Newcomb, the first merchant, and Jack Schlosser, the first tavernkeeper. Also from West Charleston was the Hoagland family, developers of Royal Baking Powder. The business was later moved to the nearby city of Troy, Ohio, and later to New York City.

West Charleston lies astride State Route 202, earlier known as the North Miami Pike. The road was formed along the route cut through the area by George Rogers Clark in 1782 during his campaigns against the natives at Lower Piqua and Upper Piqua. It is also the route taken southward to Cincinnati by General "Mad Anthony" Wayne after the Battle of Fallen Timbers and the completion of the Treaty of Greenville.

The community is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Troy

Cities	Clayton‡ Huber Heights‡ Piqua Tipp City Troy Union‡

Villages	Bradford‡ Casstown Covington Fletcher Laura Ludlow Falls Pleasant Hill Potsdam West Milton

Townships	Bethel Brown Concord Elizabeth Lost Creek Monroe Newberry Newton Spring Creek Staunton Union Washington

Unincorporated communities	Brandt Conover Phoneton West Charleston

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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