Broken Sword Creek Explained

Broken Sword Creek
Source1 Coordinates:	40.8883°N -82.7556°W
Mouth Coordinates:	40.7694°N -83.1822°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Source1 Elevation:	1140feet^[1]
Mouth Elevation:	860feet

Broken Sword Creek^[2] in Wyandot County and Crawford County, Ohio is a 37.1adj=midNaNadj=mid^[3] tributary of the Sandusky River.

Legend states the name is derived from an incident when William Crawford broke his sword at the creek bank in order to render it useless to Native Americans who were pursuing him.^[4]

Tributaries

• Brandywine Creek (Broken Sword Creek)

See also

• List of rivers of Ohio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Broken Sword Creek source from USGS-GNIS . .
2. [United States Geological Survey]
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
4. Book: Overman, William Daniel. Ohio Town Names. 1958. Atlantic Press. Akron, OH. 19.