Sunday Creek (Ohio)
| Sunday Creek | |
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Sunday Creek in Glouster, Ohio in 2006
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| Country | United States |
| Basin features | |
| Main source |
Perry County, Ohio, approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Corning Approx. 800 ft (240 m) 39°40′28″N 82°05′37″W / 39.67444°N 82.09361°W |
| River mouth |
Hocking River at Chauncey, Ohio 640 ft (200 m) 39°23′32″N 82°07′24″W / 39.39222°N 82.12333°WCoordinates: 39°23′32″N 82°07′24″W / 39.39222°N 82.12333°W |
| Basin size | 139 sq mi (360 km2) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 27.2 mi (43.8 km) |
Sunday Creek is a tributary of the Hocking River, 27.2 miles (43.8 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Hocking and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining 139 square miles (360 km²) in a mainly rural area of the Allegheny Plateau region. Its name is locally said to derive from early white settlers who in 1802 reached the creek on a Sunday, and so named it after the day of their discovery. (also see nearby Monday Creek.)
Sunday Creek rises in southeastern Perry County and flows generally southwardly into northern Athens County, passing through the communities of Rendville, Corning, Glouster, Trimble, Jacksonville, and Millfield (site of the 1930 Millfield Mine disaster), to Chauncey, where it flows into the Hocking River. In Athens County north of Glouster it collects the East Branch Sunday Creek, 15.5 miles (25 km) long, which rises in Perry County and passes through Morgan County. Tom Jenkins Dam, constructed on the East Branch in Athens County in 1950 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, forms Burr Oak Lake, the site of Burr Oak State Park. In Glouster, Sunday Creek collects the West Branch Sunday Creek, 14 miles (22.5 km) long, which rises in Perry County and flows generally southwardly.
Other significant Tributaries include Greens Run, Mud Fork, and Johnson Run, all perennial streams draining the area to the west of the creek.
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