Sandy Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 41.3 miles (66.5 km) long, in northeastern Ohio.

It joins the Tuscarawas River from the east in Bethlehem Township in Stark County, approximately one mile (2 km) northeast of Bolivar.

[4] In Sandyville, Tuscarawas County it collects Nimishillen Creek, which drains the city of Canton.

[5][6] At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge in Waynesburg,[7] the annual mean flow of the river between 1939 and 2005 was 278 ft³/s (8 m³/s).

[3] According to the Geographic Names Information System, Sandy Creek has also been known historically as:[1]