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Blue Creek is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States. It is located along State Route 125. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45616.

History

A post office was established at Blue Creek in 1844; it closed in 1907 and reopened in 1933. The community took its name from nearby Blue Creek. 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".

Notable people

• Cowboy Copas, country music singer
• Asa Jewett, basketball center for the 1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team.
• Philip Lewis Sr., member of the Ohio House of Representatives, settled here in 1796 and is buried in the local cemetery.
• Austin McHenry, baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, died at his home in Blue Creek at age 27 in 1922.
• Wiley Piatt, baseball player

Gallery

• Blue Creek community sign
• Looking east on Ohio Highway 125 in Blue Creek

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Creek, Ohio
2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Adams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
4. Evans, Nelson Wiley (1900). A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. E B. Stivers. pp. 431.
5. Pub. L. 110–66 (text) (PDF)
6. "1999-00 Ohio Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats". Retrieved June 30, 2014.
7. 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.
8. "Cards mourn star's death". Arkansas Democrat. November 28, 1922. Retrieved December 1, 2016.

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County seat: West Union
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Townships	Bratton Brush Creek Franklin Green Jefferson Liberty Manchester Meigs Monroe Oliver Scott Sprigg Tiffin Wayne Winchester
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