Broken Sword Creek | |
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Country | United States of America |
Basin features | |
Main source |
Crawford County, Ohio 1,140 ft (350 m) 40°53′18″N 82°45′20″W / 40.88833°N 82.75556°W |
River mouth |
Sandusky River, Wyandot County, Ohio 860 ft (260 m) 40°46′10″N 83°10′56″W / 40.76944°N 83.18222°WCoordinates: 40°46′10″N 83°10′56″W / 40.76944°N 83.18222°W |
Broken Sword Creek in Wyandot County and Crawford County, Ohio is a 37.1-mile-long (59.7 km)tributary of the Sandusky River.
Legend states the name is derived from an incident when William Crawford broke his sword at the creek bank in order to render it useless to Indians who were pursuing him.