Oswayo Creek

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Oswayo Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. [1] It is a tributary to the Allegheny River. [1]

Oswayo is a Native American name purported to mean "the place of flies". [2] Variant names and spellings include "Oswaya Creek", "Oswaye Creek", "Oswego Creek", and "Osweya Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oswayo Creek
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 286. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.

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