Symmes Creek
Symmes Creek is a 76.4-mile-long tributary of the Ohio River in southern Ohio in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 357 square miles on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Ohio River in southern Ohio
- Also known as: “Big Creek”, “Simms”, and “Symms Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Keith-Albee Theatre and Cabell County Public Library.
Keith-Albee Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Seicer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Keith-Albee Theatre is a performing arts center, located across the street from the Frederick Building in downtown Huntington, West Virginia, United States.
Cabell County Public Library
Library
Photo: Jrappold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carnegie Public Library at Huntington, West Virginia, formerly also known as the Cabell County Public Library, is a historic library building located on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street.
Cabell County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia was built in the Beaux-Arts Classical style in 1899. Originally designed by Gunn and Curtis of Kansas City, and has been expanded in several phases.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntington and Glen Roy.
Huntington
Huntington is the second-largest city in West Virginia. Along the banks of the Ohio River, Huntington is home to Marshall University, a state-supported public university and the second largest in the state, as well as Huntington Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the state.
Glen Roy
Neighborhood
Glen Roy is an unincorporated community in Coal Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located east of Coalton along Ohio State Route 93, between Altoona and Goldsboro, at. Glen Roy is situated 3½ miles west of Symmes Creek.
Guyandotte
Neighborhood
Guyandotte is a historic neighborhood in the city of Huntington, West Virginia, that previously existed as a separate town before annexation was completed by the latter. Guyandotte is situated 3½ miles east of Symmes Creek.
Symmes Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lawrence, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Symmes Creek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Symmes Creek”
- Catalan: “Symmes Creek”
- Cebuano: “Symmes Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Ohio, Lawrence County)”
- Cebuano: “Symmes Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيميس كريك”
- German: “Symmes Creek”
- Venetian: “Symmes”
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