Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek tributary)
Appearance
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
- ^ 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.