Periwinkle Run

{{short description|Stream in Preble County, Ohio, U.S.}}

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Periwinkle Run is a stream in Preble County, Ohio, in the United States.{{GNIS|1044375}} Periwinkle Run was named for the freshwater snail shells collected there which the early settlers called periwinkles.{{cite book|last=Lowry|first=Robert Eaton|title=History of Preble County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNoyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1915|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=124}}

Location

  • Mouth: Confluence with Sevenmile Creek northwest of Eaton at {{coord|39.7694956|-84.6555098|format=dms|display=inline|type:river_region:US-OH}}
  • Source: Preble County at {{coord|39.7716667|-84.7333333|format=dms|display=inline|type:river_region:US-OH}}

See also

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Category:Rivers of Preble County, Ohio

Category:Rivers of Ohio

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