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Paint Creek (Sevenmile Creek tributary)

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Stream in Preble County, Ohio, U.S. Not to be confused with Paint Creek (Scioto River tributary).

Overview from the Dillman Road bridge

Paint Creek is a stream in Preble County, Ohio, in the United States. It is a tributary of Sevenmile Creek.

Paint Creek was named from deposits of ochre found there which Native Americans used for body painting.

Paint Creek is dammed to form a reservoir, Lake Lakengren.

Location

Mouth: Confluence with Sevenmile Creek south of Camden at 39°37′04″N 84°38′54″W / 39.6178308°N 84.6482852°W / 39.6178308; -84.6482852
Source: Preble County west of Eaton at 39°44′08″N 84°42′18″W / 39.7356065°N 84.7049552°W / 39.7356065; -84.7049552
Lake Lakengren Dam: 39°40′32″N 84°41′19″W / 39.675579°N 84.688714°W / 39.675579; -84.688714

See also

List of rivers of Ohio

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paint Creek (Sevenmile Creek tributary)
Lowry, Robert Eaton (1915). History of Preble County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 124.

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