I came upon your blog by accident. I do live in the Ohio Valley, as we call it down here (always omitting the word “river” from the description). Like yours, my blog is based on place. It is called “Ohio River, Left Bank, at Milepost 606.” Milepost 606 is where the Ohio is bordered on the north by Jeffersonville and Clarksville, Indiana, the original starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and on the south (or left bank) by Louisville, Kentucky, my home town.

As you are near to Fort Wayne, you are certainly close to the edge of the Ohio Valley. The Wabash River has as one of its sources a stream which rises along the Noble and Allen county line on the west side of Allen County. As it empties into the Wabash and into the Ohio, most of that area is in fact in the Ohio Valley. But, only a very small three or four acres in the extreme southwestern corner your county fall into the Wabash, and thus Ohio valley watershed.

But, if you want to be an Ohio Valley resident, then we’ll let you. We’re pretty accomodating.

Jeff Noble
Louisville