Mississinewa River
The
Mississinewa River is a
tributary of the
Wabash River in eastern
Indiana and a small portion of western
Ohio in the United States. It is about 100 mi (160 km) long[
1]. Via the Wabash and
Ohio Rivers, it is part of the
Mississippi River watershed.
During the
War of 1812, the river was the site of the
Battle of the Mississinewa, which pitted United States forces against the
Miami Indians. Two
oilers of the
U.S. Navy have been named
USS Mississinewa after the river.
After rising near the Indiana state border in northwestern
Darke County, Ohio the Mississinewa flows for the remainder of its course in Indiana. It initially flows westward in a heavily straightened and
channelized course through northern
Randolph and
Delaware Counties; it turns northwestward in Delaware County and flows through
Grant,
Wabash and
Miami Counties. It joins the Wabash River from the south in Miami County, about 2 mi (3 km) east of
Peru.
Along its course the Mississinewa flows past the towns of
Ridgeville,
Albany,
Eaton,
Matthews,
Jonesboro,
Gas City and
Marion.
Near its mouth in Miami County, a
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form
Mississinewa Lake. The dam was built for
flood control in
1967 [
2].
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List of Indiana rivers*
List of Ohio rivers*
Mississinewa Lake website, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
