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The Blanchard River is a tributary of the Auglaize River , approximately 95 mi (153 km) long, in northwestern Ohio in the United States . It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Erie . It rises in central Hardin County , approximately 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Kenton . It flow generally north for its first 25 mi (40 km) into eastern Hancock County , where it turns sharply to the west. It flows west through Findlay and past Ottawa . It joins the Auglaize from the east in western Putnam County approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Cloverdale . The river is named for Jean Jacques Blanchard , a French Tailor who settled among the Shawnee along the river in 1769 . Fort Findlay , an American outpost in the War Of 1812 , was constructed along the river in 1812 at the site of the present-day city of Findlay. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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