Miami is the autonym for the Miami people once of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. While there is no longer any place in the U.S. state of Ohio known simply as Miami, the term is a part of the name of several places in Ohio, as follows: Geographical features Great Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio River Little Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio River Populated places Miami Villa, Ohio, unincorporated community in Montgomery County Miamisburg, Ohio, city in Montgomery County Miamitown, Ohio, unincorporated community in Hamilton County Miamiville, Ohio, unincorporated community in Clermont county New Miami, Ohio, village in Butler County County and county subdivisions Miami County, Ohio Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio Miami Township, Greene County, Ohio Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Historical place names Fort Miami (Ohio), a fort built on the Maumee River Other uses Miami Valley, a term for the Dayton metropolitan area Miami University, in Oxford Miami RedHawks, the intercollegiate sports program of Miami University Miami and Erie Canal, canal in Ohio that used to run from Toledo to Cincinnati