Nettle Creek is a stream located entirely within the borders of Champaign County, Ohio. The 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long stream is a tributary of the Mad River.[1]

Nettle Creek most likely was named for the thorny nettle plants encountered there.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nettle Creek (Mad River tributary)
  2. ↑ Middleton, Evan P. (1917). History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 298.

40°4′13″N 83°48′36″W / 40.07028°N 83.81000°W / 40.07028; -83.81000



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