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Map of the Walhonding watershed showing Killbuck Creek A bridge over the creek near its headwaters west of Creston. Killbuck Creek is a tributary of the Walhonding River, [1] 81.7 mi (131.5 km) long, [2] in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi ...
The Scioto River flows beside downtown Columbus. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a land area of 220.04 square miles (569.9 km 2). [1] Unlike many other major US cities in the Midwest, Columbus continues to expand its reach by way of extensions and annexations, making it one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation, in terms of both geography and population ...
The minimum elevation of the area (low point); [b] The arithmetic mean elevation of the area (statistical mean elevation); [c] The median elevation of the area (statistical 50% elevation); [d] and; The elevation range of the area. [e] All topographic elevations are adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).
Map of the Scioto River watershed. The Scioto River (/ s aɪ ˈ oʊ t ə / sy-OH-tə) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles (372 km) in length. [4] It rises in Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, flows south into Appalachian Ohio, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
Map of the Muskingum River watershed showing the Licking River Historic view of the Licking River from "Geography of Ohio," 1923. The Licking River is a tributary of the Muskingum River, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Ohio Hi-Point Vocational-Technical District opened a school atop the hill in 1974, now known as the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. A petition to rename Campbell Hill after former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared on the White House's Web site in 2015; it was an attempt to satirize the Department of the Interior 's decision to change the ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 473 square miles (1,230 km 2), of which 462 square miles (1,200 km 2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km 2) (2.3%) is water. [5] The entire county has an elevation difference of less than 300 feet. The highest point is on the southern county line at 1071 feet above sea level.
The first European settlers to the land that would become Lowell arrived in the late 18th century after the 1787 Northwest Ordinance opened the territory for settlement. . Soon after the Ordinance took effect, the Ohio Company of Associates purchased 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km 2) of land along the Muskingum River and proceeded to survey the a