Blue Creek is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States.[1] It is located along State Route 125. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45616.[2]
History
editA post office was established at Blue Creek in 1844; it closed in 1907 and reopened in 1933.[3] The community took its name from nearby Blue Creek.[4] On August 9, 2007, the 110th United States Congress enacted a law to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek as the "George B. Lewis Post Office Building".[5]
Notable people
edit- Cowboy Copas, country music singer
- Asa Jewett, basketball center for the 1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team.[6]
- Philip Lewis Sr., member of the Ohio House of Representatives, settled here in 1796 and is buried in the local cemetery.[7]
- Austin McHenry, baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, died at his home in Blue Creek at age 27 in 1922.[8]
- Wiley Piatt, baseball player
Gallery
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Blue Creek community sign
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Looking east on Ohio Highway 125 in Blue Creek
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Creek, Ohio
- ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Adams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1900). A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. E B. Stivers. pp. 431.
- ^ Pub. L. 110–66 (text) (PDF)
- ^ "1999-00 Ohio Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^ Evans, Nelson Wiley; Stivers, Emmons B. (1900). A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. West Union: E. B. Stivers.
- ^ "Cards mourn star's death". Arkansas Democrat. November 28, 1922. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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