Postboy Creek is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The nearby community of

Postboy, Ohio Postboy is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nea ...

takes its name from the creek. Postboy Creek was named in memory of William Cartmell, a young mail carrier (post boy). Cartmell was murdered in a robbery in 1825, a crime for which the perpetrator was later hanged.

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Rivers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Rivers of Ohio {{Ohio-river-stub

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