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Barney Creek (Lorain County, Ohio)
Barney Creek is a former name for a creek within Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio. It is possibly an alternate name for Little Beaver Creek Little Beaver Creek is a wild and scenic area in Ohio. The Little Beaver Creek watershed is located primarily in Columbiana County in eastern Ohio, and in portions of Carroll County, Mahoning County, and western Pennsylvania, draining approxim ..., or perhaps was simply a typographical-error for "Barnes Creek". Modern maps do not have "Little Beaver Creek" labeled separately, but only designate it as being a sub-branch of Beaver Creek. References Lorain County, Ohio {{LorainCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creek (stream)
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet. Creek may also refer to: People * Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans * Amber Creek (1982–1997), American murder victim * Mitch Creek (born 1992), Australian basketball player Other uses * Creek or Muscogee language * Creek County, Oklahoma, United States * Creek Audio, a British hi-fi company * TH-67 Creek, a U.S. Army variant of the Bell 206 helicopter * The title character of ''Jonathan Creek'', BBC TV mystery series See also * Creak (other) * Crick (other) * Kreek Kreek is an Estonian surname (meaning "damson") and Dutch surname (meaning "creek" or "stream"), with notable bearers including: * Adam Kreek (born 1980), Canadian rower * Aleksander Kreek (1914–1977), Estonian shot putter and discus throw ..., a surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. Its county seat is Elyria. The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. Lorain County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to Oberlin College. History Lorain County was established in 1822 from portions of several of its adjacent counties. This county became judicially-independent in 1824. The original proposed name for the county was "Colerain". The final name "Lorain" was chosen by Heman Ely, who had previously founded and named the city of Elyria. The county's name was based on the French province of Lorraine. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (47%) is water. It is Ohio's fourth-largest county by area. Adjacent counties * Cuyahoga County (east) * Medina County (southeast) * Ashland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Beaver Creek (Lorain County, Ohio)
Little Beaver Creek is a tributary of Beaver Creek (a.k.a. "Big Beaver Creek") in Lorain County, Ohio. Little Beaver Creek begins north of the Lorain County Regional Airport Lorain County Regional Airport is a public airport in Lorain County, Ohio, owned by the Lorain County Board of Commissioners and located in New Russia Township. The airport is about 7 miles south of Lorain and 5 miles southwest of Elyria. The ... and runs northerly until the Little Beaver joins with the Big Beaver in the present city-limits of Lorain, Ohio. (There is a smaller tributary of the Little Beaver which begins near the bygone village of "Whiskeyville".) References Rivers of Lorain County, Ohio Rivers of Ohio {{Ohio-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |