Nimishillen Creek is a
tributary
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of
Sandy Creek, 24.5 miles (39.4 km) long, in northeastern
Ohio
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. Via Sandy Creek and the
Tuscarawas,
Muskingum and
Ohio
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Rivers, it is part of the
watershed of the
Mississippi River
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, draining an area of 187 square miles (484 km²), including the city of
Canton.
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Geography
Nimishillen Creek flows on both glaciated
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(in the north) and unglaciated (in the south) portions of the Allegheny Plateau
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,Louisville
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...
; the Middle Branch is 16.6 miles (26.6 km) long.
Names
According to one tradition, the name "Nimishillen" is derived from a Native American language meaning "black alder Black alder is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*''Alnus glutinosa
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".Geographic Names Information System
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, Nimishillen Creek has also been known historically as:[
*Memenshehelas Creek
*Nanashehelas Creek
*Nemenshehela Creek
*Nemenshehelas Creek
*Nenenchelus Creek
*Nimishillen Run
*Nine Shilling Creek
]
See also
*List of rivers of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohi ...
References
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Rivers of Ohio
Rivers of Stark County, Ohio
Rivers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Allegheny Plateau
Canton, Ohio