Lees Creek was originally called Centerville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1816.[7] A post office called Lees Creek has been in operation since 1819.[8] The present name comes from nearby Lees Creek.[7]
lees, creek, ohio, other, ohio, places, named, centerville, centerville, ohio, disambiguation, lees, creek, also, known, centerville, unincorporated, community, central, wayne, township, clinton, county, ohio, united, states, lies, intersection, state, route, . For other Ohio places named Centerville see Centerville Ohio disambiguation Lees Creek also known as Centerville 1 is an unincorporated community in central Wayne Township Clinton County Ohio United States 2 It lies at the intersection of State Route 729 with Cox Road 6 miles 9 km south of Sabina and 12 miles 19 km southeast of Wilmington the county seat of Clinton County 1 It lies between the headwaters of the Middle Fork of Lees Creek to the southeast 1 and the Anderson Fork of Caesar Creek 3 it had a post office with the ZIP code 45138 The Post Office closed in 2012 and the town including East Clinton High School now carries a Sabina mailing address 4 Location of Lees Creek OhioLees Creek is home to East Clinton Middle School and East Clinton High School 5 6 History editLees Creek was originally called Centerville and under the latter name was laid out in 1816 7 A post office called Lees Creek has been in operation since 1819 8 The present name comes from nearby Lees Creek 7 Gallery edit nbsp Lees Creek community sign nbsp Looking north on Larrick Road in Lees CreekReferences edit a b c DeLorme Ohio Atlas amp Gazetteer 7th ed Yarmouth DeLorme 2004 p 76 ISBN 0 89933 281 1 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Lees Creek Ohio DeLorme Ohio Atlas amp Gazetteer 7th ed Yarmouth DeLorme 2004 p 66 ISBN 0 89933 281 1 USPS Cities by ZIP Code East Clinton High School East Clinton Local School District 2007 Accessed 2007 09 03 East Clinton Middle School East Clinton Local School District 2007 Accessed 2007 09 03 a b Brown Albert J 1915 History of Clinton County Ohio Its People Industries and Institutions B F Bowen pp 321 Clinton County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved December 19 2015 39 25 12 N 83 38 58 W 39 42000 N 83 64944 W 39 42000 83 64944 nbsp This Clinton County Ohio state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lees Creek Ohio amp oldid 1205174342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
