General Facts

The Killbuck Creek watershed is the largest watershed in Wayne County, draining 73,300 acres with the Killbuck Creek originating in Wayne County and spanning 81.7 miles as a tributary of the Walhonding River. The Killbuck Creek watershed makes up a portion of the Mississippi River watershed by means of the Walhonding, Muskingum, and Ohio Rivers.

How It Got Its Name

The Killbuck Creek was named after a Native American Delaware chief named Bemino, or John Killbuck, Sr. Bemino was a known medicine man and war leader, and despite deadly confrontations with British settlers throughout his life and during the French and Indian War, he remained popular amongst some settlers to which the town of Killbuck and the Killbuck Creek were named after him.