Shenango River
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The Shenango River is a principal tributary of the Beaver River, approximately 100 mi (160 km) long,[1] in western Pennsylvania in the United States. It also briefly flows through small portions of northeastern Ohio.[2] Via the Beaver and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Shenango rises in west-central Crawford County [1] and initially flows northwestwardly into the Pymatuning Reservoir, which was formed in 1932 by the construction of a dam on the river.[3] The lake turns to the south, widening into Ashtabula County, Ohio, and passing through Pymatuning State Park.[2] Below the dam and after returning fully to Pennsylvania, the Shenango flows south-southeastwardly into Mercer County, passing Jamestown and Greenville before turning westwardly into Shenango River Lake,[2] formed in 1965 by a United States Army Corps of Engineers dam [4]. Below that dam, the Shenango flows southwestwardly through the communities of Sharpsville and Sharon (near which it briefly enters Trumbull County, Ohio); then south-southeastwardly past Farrell, Wheatland and West Middlesex into Lawrence County, where it passes New Castle and Oakland.[2] It joins the Mahoning River to form the Beaver River, 3 mi (4.8 km) southwest of New Castle.[1]
Tributaries of the Shenango include the short Little Shenango River,[5] which flows for its entire length in Mercer County and joins the Shenango from the east at Greenville; Pymatuning Creek, which flows into Shenango River Lake; and Neshannock Creek, which joins the river at New Castle.[2]
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- ^ a b c Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Shenango River
- ^ a b c d e DeLorme (2003). Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-280-3
- ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Pymatuning Reservoir
- ^ United States Army Corps of Engineers website for Shenango River Lake
- ^ Geographic Names Information System entry for Little Shenango River
