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West Milton is a village in Miami County, in the Dayton metro area. The community was named for John Milton, poet.
Who is John Milton?
One of the greatest poets of the English language, best-known for his epic poem PARADISE LOST (1667). Milton’s powerful, rhetoric prose and the eloquence of his poetry had an immense influence especially on the 18th-century verse. Besides poems, Milton published pamphlets defending civil and religious rights. He was born in London, England in 1608 and died in 1674.
The latitude of West Milton is 39.962N. The longitude is -84.328W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 906 feet.
The estimated population, in 2003, was 4,663.
Well-known residents have included:
· Carl Brumbaugh, football player
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