Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek tributary)
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Mosquito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. The 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long stream is a confluence of the Mahoning River.[1]
Mosquito Creek was descriptively named for the mosquitos which were once frequent there.[2] Native Americans called this creek the Tawawa.[3] The creek runs from SE of Warren, Ohio, to Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, Ohio. The exact geographical location of the beginning of Mosquito Creek is 41.17690° N, 80.76242° W.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek tributary)
- ^ Middleton, Evan P. (1917). History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 298.
- ^ History of Shelby County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Sutton. 1883. p. 199.
40°15′55″N 84°05′18″W / 40.26528°N 84.08833°W
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