Broken Sword Creek
Broken Sword Creek[3] in Wyandot County and Crawford County, Ohio is a 37.1-mile-long (59.7 km)[4] tributary of the Sandusky River.
| Broken Sword Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Crawford County, Ohio |
| • coordinates | 40°53′18″N 82°45′20″W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,140 ft (350 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sandusky River, Wyandot County, Ohio |
• coordinates | 40°46′10″N 83°10′56″W[1] |
• elevation | 860 ft (260 m)[1] |
Legend states the name is derived from an incident when William Crawford broke his sword at the creek bank in order to render it useless to Indians who were pursuing him.[5]
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References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Broken Sword Creek
- "Broken Sword Creek source from USGS-GNIS". USGS The National Map.
- United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 04-10-00-11- Sandusky Watershed
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 19, 2011
- Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 19.
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