Blue Creek is an

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in western Jefferson Township, Adams County,

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. It is located along State Route 125. It has a

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with the ZIP code 45616.

History

A post office was established at Blue Creek in 1844; it closed in 1907 and reopened in 1933. The community took its name from nearby Blue Creek. On August 9, 2007, the

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enacted a law to designate the facility of the

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located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek as the "George B. Lewis Post Office Building".

Notable people

Cowboy Copas Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline an ...

, country music singer *Asa Jewett, basketball center for the 1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team. * Philip Lewis Sr., member of the

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, settled here in 1796 and is buried in the local cemetery. * Austin McHenry, baseball player for the

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, died at his home in Blue Creek at age 27 in 1922. * Wiley Piatt, baseball player

Gallery

File:BlueCreekOH1.JPG, Blue Creek community sign File:BlueCreekOH2.JPG, Looking east on Ohio Highway 125 in Blue Creek

References

Unincorporated communities in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Ohio 1844 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1844 {{AdamsCountyOH-geo-stub