Blue Creek, Ohio



Blue Creek is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States. It is located along State Route 125. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45616.

History
A post office was established at Blue Creek in 1844; it closed in 1907 and reopened in 1933. The community took its name from nearby Blue Creek. On August 9, 2007, the 110th United States Congress enacted a law to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek as the "George B. Lewis Post Office Building".

Notable people

 * Cowboy Copas, country music singer
 * Asa Jewett, basketball center for the 1999–2000 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team.
 * Philip Lewis Sr., member of the Ohio House of Representatives, settled here in 1796 and is buried in the local cemetery.
 * Austin McHenry, baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, died at his home in Blue Creek at age 27 in 1922.
 * Wiley Piatt, baseball player