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Killbuck Creek is a tributary of the Walhonding River, 〔 (Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry )〕 81.7 mi (131.5 km) long,〔 Ohio Department of Natural Resources. (''A Guide to Ohio Streams.'' ) (Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf) ) 〕 in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 613 mi² (1588 km²).〔 Killbuck Creek rises in northern Wayne County and initially flows in a counter-clockwise loop northward into southern Medina County and past the town of Burbank before turning to a southward course through Wayne, Holmes and Coshocton Counties to its mouth at the Walhonding River,〔 *DeLorme (1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1 〕 5 mi (8 km) west of the city of Coshocton.〔 Along its course it flows to the west of the city of Wooster and passes the towns of Holmesville, Millersburg and Killbuck.〔 ==Name== Killbuck Creek and the town of Killbuck are named for the Shawnee war chief Bemino (''fl.'' 1710s–1780s) — known as John Killbuck, Sr, to the whites. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the stream has been known and spelled variously over the years:〔 〕 *Kilbuck Creek *Killbuck Run *Killbucks Creek *Kilbuck River *Kill-Buck River The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Killbuck Creek" as the stream's name in 1963. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Killbuck Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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