Patoka River
The Patoka River is a 167-mile-long tributary of the Wabash River in southwestern Indiana in the United States. It drains a largely rural area of forested bottomland and agricultural lands among the hills north of Evansville.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “Bacon Creek”, “Pataka River”, “Petoka River”, and “Potoka River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wabash County Courthouse and Mount Carmel High School.
Gibson Generating Station
Power station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Mount Carmel and Mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Skelton
Hamlet
Skelton is a ghost town community in Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana. Skelton is situated 4½ miles southwest of Patoka River.
Patoka River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Gibson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.4006° or 38° 24′ 2″ north
Longitude
-87.75031° or 87° 45′ 1″ west
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
Open location code
86CJC62X+6V
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Patoka River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Patoka”
- Cebuano: “Patoka River”
- Chinese: “帕託卡河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر باتوكا”
- German: “Patoka River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Patoka”
- Venetian: “Patoka”
- Welsh: “Afon Patoka”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: White River and Cherry Hill Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Maucks Pond and Patoka Island.
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Worth a closer look: Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
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