Greenville Creek headwaters begin in eastern Indiana and flow north and east through Darke and Miami counties. Greenville Creek, west of Covington, feature Greenville Falls, a beautiful display of nature and remnants of early pioneer enterprise. 

The Greenville Creek area was well populated before the pioneers settled in the area. Remains of early prehistoric cultures have been found here. The Adena and Hopewell cultures left numerous evidence of their presence in the form of ceremonial and burial mounds. Following the coming of the European and other American settlers, the Miami and Shawnee tribes left the area and were no threat to the peaceful lives of the settlers. 

And English syndicate of Smithers first build and operated the large flour mills and distilleries at Greenville Falls. Soon Phillip Hartzell was manufacturing wooden pumps, Benjamin Lehman had begun making wool carding machines which made the wool into strands and Thomas Bolles was manufacturing fulling machines which clean and thicken the wool. Copper shops and saw mills were the most extensive and flourishing enterprises of their day in western Ohio and as a whole represented a large manufacturing establishment. Corn whiskey and other mill products were loaded aboard flatboats to be floated to New Orleans to sell. The sellers exchanged boats for wagons and began the long overland trip back to Ohio.