Mill Creek (Scioto River tributary)

Mill Creek is a stream in central Ohio.[1] It is a tributary of the Scioto River.

The confluence of Scioto River and Mill Creek at The Point in Bellepoint, Ohio, facing southwards towards U.S. Highway 42 and Ohio State Route 257

Early settlers built and operated many mills along Mill Creek, hence the name.[2]

Marysville, Ohio, is the largest settlement on Mill Creek.

A USGS gauge on the creek at Bellepoint recorded a mean annual discharge of 176 cubic feet per second (5.0 m3/s) during water years 1944–2019.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Mill Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  2. Durant, Pliny A. (1883). The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... Chicago: Beers, W. H., & co. p. 331.
  3. "USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 03220000". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-16.

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