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Green Creek (Ohio)

Coordinates: 41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth)
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Green Creek
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Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
 • coordinates41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin)
 • elevation703 ft (214 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie
 • coordinates
41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth)
 • elevation
568 ft (173 m)
Basin features
ProgressionGreen Creek → Sandusky River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → Saint Lawrence River → Gulf of Saint Lawrence
GNIS ID1066024

Green Creek is a 21.6-mile-long (34.8 km)[1] tributary to the Sandusky River in the northern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects Mineral Springs at the village of Green Springs to the Sandusky River.[2]

Green Creek was so named on account of the mineral-stained rocks along its course.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 19, 2011
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Creek
  3. ^ Meek, Basil (1909). Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio: And Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 47.