• Source: Big Walnut Creek
    • Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio in Morrow County. It flows south to eastern Delaware County and parallels Alum Creek. It passes to the east of Sunbury and into Hoover Reservoir, which then crosses into Franklin County. From the dam outflow in Westerville the creek flows through Gahanna and Whitehall. Near Obetz it is joined by its principal tributaries Alum Creek and Blacklick Creek at the Three Creeks Columbus Metro Park. It flows through southern Franklin County and joins the Scioto River near the Franklin-Pickaway Counties line at 39°47′57″N 83°00′34″W.


      Name


      Big Walnut Creek was named for black walnut trees which once grew in old-growth forests near the stream. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Big Walnut Creek has also been known as:

      Big Belly Creek
      Big Bellys Creek
      Big Lick Creek
      Gahanna River
      Hayes Ditch
      Walnut Creek
      Whingwy Mahoni Sepung
      Menkwi Mhoani Siipunk


      See also


      List of rivers of Ohio


      References

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