Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek)

Mosquito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. The 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long stream is a tributary of Tawana Creek.[1]

Mosquito Creek was descriptively named for the mosquitos which were once frequent there.[2] Native Americans called this creek the Tawawa.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek)
  2. ↑ Middleton, Evan P. (1917). History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 298.
  3. ↑ History of Shelby County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Sutton. 1883. p. 199.

Coordinates: 40°15′55″N 84°05′18″W / 40.26528°N 84.08833°W / 40.26528; -84.08833


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