Mississinewa River
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The Mississinewa River is a tributary of the Wabash River in eastern Indiana and a small portion of western Ohio in the United States. It is about 100 mi (160 km) long[1]. Via the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
During the War of 1812, the river was the site of the Battle of the Mississinewa, which pitted United States forces against the Miami Indians. Two oilers of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Mississinewa after the river.
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[edit] Course
After rising near the Indiana state border in northwestern Darke County, Ohio the Mississinewa flows for the remainder of its course in Indiana. It initially flows westward in a heavily straightened and channelized course through northern Randolph and Delaware Counties; it turns northwestward in Delaware County and flows through Grant, Wabash and Miami Counties. It joins the Wabash River from the south in Miami County, about 2 mi (3 km) east of Peru.
Along its course the Mississinewa flows past the towns of Ridgeville, Albany, Eaton, Matthews, Jonesboro, Gas City and Marion.
[edit] Dams
Near its mouth in Miami County, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form Mississinewa Lake. The dam was built for flood control in 1967 [2].
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