Huron River (Ohio)

The Huron River is a 14.9-mile-long (24.0 km)[1] waterway in the north central Ohio in the United States.

The East Branch, 31.8 miles (51.2 km) long,[1] rises west of Fitchville and flows west to North Fairfield, where it bends north and flows through Peru and Norwalk before reaching Milan.

Also, there are numerous creeks, streams, and ditches that are unnamed tributaries in the Huron River basin.

In 1760, explorer George Croghan refers to the name of this river, also phonetically from its Native-American/Chippewa tribe name, as "Notowacy Thepy"; John Heckewelder recorded it as "Naudowessie Sipi", meaning "the River ("sipi") of the Huron ("Naudowessie") tribe".

191–201) by Drake (publ.1852 by Derby and Miller); and Diary(1787-1791) of David Zeisberger, (publ.1885 by Robert Clarke and Co., Cinti.

Oppelt, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, PA] Here is a detailed account of which roads cross over the West Branch of the Huron River; beginning at the headwaters near Shiloh in Richland County and ending at the confluence with the east branch near Milan in Erie County.

A scenic view of the West Branch of the Huron River
Blue Bridge carries Lamereaux Road across the river in Ridgefield Township; it was built after the July 5, 1969 flood washed the other bridge away (the river was near thirty feet in depth)
Huber Road bridge in Oxford Township; it, too, was built after the July 5, 1969 flood washed the other bridge away
Former NYC double arch bridge over the East Branch of the Huron River, just west of Norwalk, Ohio.