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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.

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

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mosquito Creek (Tawana Creek tributary)
  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.

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


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