Paint Creek is a

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of the

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Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the

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. 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

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and

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Counties, past the towns of

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and Greenfield. Downstream of Greenfield, a

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causes the stream to form Paint Creek Lake, part of

Paint Creek State Park Paint Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in Highland and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The state park's central feature is a reservoir, Paint Creek Lake, which was created by the damming of Paint Creek. Constructi ...

. 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.*

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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

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, 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

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