Paint Creek (Scioto River tributary)

Paint Creek is a tributary of the Scioto River, long,Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A Guide to Ohio Streams. Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf) in south-central Ohio in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Via the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of .

Paint Creek rises in southwestern Madison County and flows initially south-southeastwardly through Fayette County and along the boundaries of Highland and Ross Counties, past the towns of Washington Court House and Greenfield. Downstream of Greenfield, a dam causes the stream to form Paint Creek Lake, part of Paint Creek State Park. Below the dam, Paint Creek flows eastwardly through Ross County, past Bainbridge and just to the south of Chillicothe to its confluence with the Scioto River.*DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.

Tributaries Principal tributaries include of Paint Creek include: Rattlesnake Creek flows to Paint Creek Lake. North Fork Paint Creek, long, rises in southeastern Madison County and flows generally southeastwardly through Fayette and Ross Counties, past Frankfort, to its confluence with Paint Creek near Chillicothe. The North Fork drains an area of .

Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, Paint Creek has also been known historically as: Alamoneetheepeece Chillicotha Creek Necunsia Skeintat (Found on Lewis Evans’ A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, published in 1755.) Olomon Sepung Olomoni Siipunk Pain Creek Paint River Pait Creek

See also List of rivers of Ohio

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