Buckeye Fork

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Buckeye Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] It is a tributary to the Muskingum River.

A variant name is "Buckeye Creek". [1] The stream was named for the buckeye trees along its course. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckeye Fork
  2. Colborn, Ephraim S. (1883). History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio. Brookhaven Press. p. 159.

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