The Ashtabula River is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio. The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It is in length and drains .
Name
Ashtabula derives from Lenape language ashte-pihële, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away', a contraction from apchi 'always' + tepi 'enough' + hële (verb of motion).
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Ashtabula River has also been known as: and the river was delisted in 2021.
Tributaries
- Fields Brook
- Strong Brook
- Hubbard Run
- Ashtabula Creek
- West Branch Ashtabula River
- East Branch Ashtabula River
See also
- List of rivers of Ohio
- Ashtabula River railroad disaster (1876)
- Smolen–Gulf Bridge, a covered bridge across the river (2008–present)
- USS Ashtabula (AO-51)