- Salamonie River
The Salamonie River is a
tributary of theWabash River , 82 mi (132 km) long, in easternIndiana in theUnited States . [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/65/S01965.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Salamonie River] ] Via the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of theMississippi River . The USS Salamonie was named for the river.The Salamonie River rises near Salamonia in southeastern Jay County and flows generally northwestwardly through Blackford, Wells, Huntington and Wabash Counties, past the communities of Portland, Pennville, Montpelier, Warren and Mount Etna. It joins the Wabash River from the south in Wabash County, opposite Lagro.
DeLorme (1998). "Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-211-0]In Wabash County, a
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam , completed for the purpose of flood control in 1966, [ [http://www.bartleby.com/69/64/S01964.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Salamonie Lake] ] causes the river to formSalamonie Lake .The
United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Salamonie River" as the stream's name in 1917. According to theGeographic Names Information System , it has also been known historically as "Salamanie River," "Salamonia River," and "Salamanic River." [Gnis|442871]ee also
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List of Indiana rivers External links
* [http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/sal/ Salamonie Lake website, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]
References
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