Paint Creek (Sevenmile Creek tributary) explained

Paint Creek is a stream in Preble County, Ohio, in the United States. It is a tributary of Sevenmile Creek.

Paint Creek was named from deposits of ochre found there which Native Americans used for body painting.^[1]

Paint Creek is dammed to form a reservoir, Lake Lakengren.

Location

• Mouth: Confluence with Sevenmile Creek south of Camden at 39.6178°N -84.6483°W
• Source: Preble County west of Eaton at 39.7356°N -84.705°W
• Lake Lakengren Dam: 39.6756°N -84.6887°W

See also

• List of rivers of Ohio

Notes and References

1. Book: Lowry, Robert Eaton. History of Preble County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions. 1915. B.F. Bowen. 124.