Walhonding River
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The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River,[1] Script error: No such module "convert". long,[2] in east-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
The Walhonding flows for its entire length in Coshocton County. It is formed by the confluence of the Mohican River and the Kokosing River and flows generally east-southeast,[3] passing through Mohawk Dam, which was built in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of flood control in the Muskingum River watershed,[4] and through the towns of Nellie and Warsaw. Downstream of Warsaw it collects Killbuck Creek. It meets the Tuscarawas River at the city of Coshocton to form the Muskingum River.[3]
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Walhonding River has also been known historically as:[5]
- Muskingum River ("West branch")
- Walhandink River
- West Branch of the Muskingum
- White Woman Creek
- White Woman River
- White Womans Creek
- White Womans River
- Whitemans Creek
- Whitewoman Creek
- Whitewomans Creek
- Wolhonding River
The name "White Womans Creek" (and variants) was probably originally intended to refer specifically either to the Kokosing River or to the Mohican River;[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and during that same period (mid-1700s), the Walhonding was known only as the "West branch of the Muskingum".[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The final name "Walhonding" was newly chosen by legislators sometime after the 1820s.
See also
References
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- ↑ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ a b Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A Guide to Ohio Streams. Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf) Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ↑ a b *DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Mohawk Dam website
- ↑ Template:Gnis
- ↑ hand-drawn map circa-1815, private-collection -- which indicates that the village of "Jerometown" was on "Whitewomans Creek"
- ↑ Hutchins, Thos.; surveys and maps mid-1700s
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