Massies Creek is a stream located entirely within Greene County, Ohio.[1] It is a tributary of the Little Miami River.
The stream begins at the confluence of the North and South forks within Cedarville at 39°44′34″N 83°48′19″W / 39.74278°N 83.80528°W and flows generally west to enter the Little Miami north of Oldtown and Xenia at 39°44′11″N 83°56′25″W / 39.73639°N 83.94028°W.[1][2]
Massies Creek was named for Nathaniel Massie, a government surveyor.[3] Variant names include Masseys Creek, Massicks Creek and Massie Creek.[1]
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- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Massies Creek
- ^ Xenia, Ohio (1965, 1988 rev.) and Cedarville, Ohio, (1968, 1987 rev.) 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
- ^ Broadstone, Michael A. (1918). History of Greene County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 275.
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