Still Fork is a tributary of the Sandy Creek

Sandy Creek (Ohio)

Sandy Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 41.3 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 503 square miles .Sandy Creek rises in Hanover Township,...

, 16.1 miles (25.9 km) long, in eastern Ohio

Ohio

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 in the United States

United States

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. Via the Sandy Creek, Tuscarawas

Tuscarawas River

The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States...

, Muskingum

Muskingum River

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 and Ohio

Ohio River

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 Rivers, it is part of the watershed

Drainage basin

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 of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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, draining an area of 71.4 square miles (185 km²) in Carroll County, Ohio

Carroll County, Ohio

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. The source is at 1180 feet (359.7 m) and the mouth is at 1027 feet (313 m)., with an average gradient of only 0.2%. From its source in eastern Carroll County the creek flows northwest through Fox

Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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, Washington

Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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, Augusta

Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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, and Brown

Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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 Townships before reaching its mouth in Minerva, Ohio

Minerva, Ohio

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. The Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) and Arbor road are situated in the creeks valley over most of its length.

Near Augusta

Augusta, Ohio

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 the creek flows through a rural Amish

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 community, and downstream of Ohio State Route 9 is the unincorporated community of Pattersonville. Mechanicstown

Mechanicstown, Ohio

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 and Norristown are the only other named communities in the watershed.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System

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, Still Fork has had no other known names.

Still Fork of Sandy Navigation Company

On February 15, 1837, the General Assembly of the state of Ohio enacted AN ACT to incorporate the Still Fork of Sandy Navigation Company. This act authorized seven named Carroll county

Carroll County, Ohio

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 men to form the company to “…locate, make, construct, and forever maintain, a navigable canal or slack-water navigation, commencing on the land of William Croxton, where the New Lisbon

Lisbon, Ohio

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-Carrollton

Carrollton, Ohio

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 road crosses said Still Fork of Sandy, and thence with the general course of said stream, to intersect the Sandy and Beaver Canal

Sandy and Beaver Canal

The Sandy and Beaver Canal ran from the Ohio and Erie Canal at Bolivar, Ohio, to the Ohio River at Glasgow, Pennsylvania. It had 90 locks, was chartered in 1828 and completed in 1848. However, the middle section of the canal had many problems from the beginning and fell into disrepair...

, at the town of Pekin, in said county of Carroll…with the full power to emyloy (sic), as reservoirs or feeders, all streams or ponds over or near which such canal or slack-water navigation may pass.” The company was capitalized at $65,000 in $25 shares to be sold to individuals only. William Croxton’s land was in section 11 of Washington Township

Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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, a short distance up Friday Creek from the main branch of Still Fork, and present day county road 71 was the road between Carrollton and Lisbon.

Named tributaries

Name	Flows into	Source elevation	Mouth elevation	Mouth Location Source Location	Length	Drainage area
Muddy Fork	Still Fork	1230 ft (375 m)	1030 ft (314 m)	40°42′11"N 81°05′04"W 40°42′25"N 80°56′31"W	8.3 mi (13 km)	17.1 sq mi (44 km²)
Wholebark Run	Still Fork	1074 ft (327 m)	1034 ft (315 m)	40°41′26"N 81°03′26"W 40°41′20"N 81°05′40"W	1.6 mi (3 km)	1.36 sq mi (4 km²)
Pumpkin Run	Still Fork	1070 ft (326 m)	1035 ft (315 m)	40°40′45"N 81°03′10"W 40°40′27"N 81°05′16"W	1.9 mi (3 km)	2.13 sq mi (6 km²)
Reeds Run	Still Fork	1180 ft (360 m)	1036 ft (316 m)	40°40′11"N 81°02′45"W 40°41′09"N 80°57′29"W	5 mi (8 km)	6.35 sq mi (16 km²)
Pipes Fork	Still Fork	1100 ft (335 m)	1044 ft (318 m)	40°39′02"N 81°01′20"W 40°35′53"N 81°01′35"W	4.2 mi (7 km)	8.04 sq mi (21 km²)
Friday Creek	Still Fork	1140 ft (347 m)	1052 ft (321 m)	40°33′9"N 81°4′3"W 40°34′45"N 81°01′20"W	4.4 mi (7 km)	9.22 sq mi (24 km²)