Nettle Lake is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Williams County,

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, United States, around the south end of the lake of the same name. It was first listed as a CDP following the 2010 census. The CDP is in the northwest corner of Ohio, in the northern part of Williams County's Northwest Township. It is south of the

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border, east of the

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border, and northwest of

Montpelier, Ohio Montpelier is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,072 at the 2010 census. History Montpelier was platted in 1845. The village was named after Montpelier, Vermont. A post office has been in operation at Montp ...

. Nettle Lake drains out of its northern end into Nettle Creek, which flows southeast to the St. Joseph River, a southwest-flowing major tributary of the

Maumee River The Maumee River (pronounced ) ( sjw, Hotaawathiipi; mia, Taawaawa siipiiwi) is a river running in the United States Midwest from northeastern Indiana into northwestern Ohio and Lake Erie. It is formed at the confluence of the St. Joseph and ...

, which flows northeast to

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at Toledo.

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Census-designated places in Williams County, Ohio Census-designated places in Ohio {{WilliamsCountyOH-geo-stub