Caesar Creek (Ohio)

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Caesar Creek
Caesar Creek (Ohio)
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CountryUnited States
StateOhio
Counties Clinton, Greene, and Warren
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationGreene County
  coordinates 39°41′44″N83°40′54″W / 39.695616°N 83.681589°W / 39.695616; -83.681589
Mouth Little Miami River
  location
Jamestown, Ohio
  coordinates
39°29′36″N84°06′16″W / 39.493394°N 84.104379°W / 39.493394; -84.104379

Caesar Creek is a stream in Clinton, Greene, and Warren counties, Ohio, in the United States. [1]

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Caesar Creek was named for a surveyor's black slave who died and was buried along the creek's banks. [2] [3]

Caesar Creek is dammed in Caesar Creek State Park to form Caesar Creek Lake.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caesar Creek (Ohio)
  2. Brown, Albert J. (1915). History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 51.
  3. "Warren County, Ohio Place Names". Warren County Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 13 March 2018.