Muskingum River
The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Big Muskingum River”, “Elk River”, “Mooskinkum”, “Mouskindom River”, “Mshkeekwaam”, “Mushkingum River”, “Muskingham River”, and “Riviere Chiagnez”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Harmar Monument and Children’s Toy & Doll Museum.
The Henry Fearing House
Historic building
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The Henry Fearing House is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harmar, Marietta and Marietta.
Harmar, Marietta
Neighborhood
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Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early Fort Harmar in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta.
Marietta
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Marietta is a city of 13,000 people in Southeast Ohio. It is at the confluence of the Muskingum River and Ohio River. Founded in 1788 it is the oldest city in Ohio.
Marietta Historic District
Neighborhood
The Marietta Historic District is a historic district in Marietta, Ohio, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among the buildings in the district are ones dating back to 1788, the year in which Marietta was founded as the first white settlement in what is now Ohio.
Muskingum River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Washington, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Muskingum River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Muskingum”
- Bulgarian: “Мъскингъм”
- Catalan: “Muskingum”
- Cebuano: “Muskingum River”
- Chinese: “马斯金格姆河”
- Croatian: “Muskingum”
- Dutch: “Muskingum River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موسكينجوم”
- Finnish: “Muskingum”
- French: “Muskingum”
- German: “Muskingum River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Muskingum”
- Japanese: “マスキンガム川”
- Lithuanian: “Maskingumas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Arãulu Muskingum”
- Malayalam: “മസ്കിംഗം നദി”
- Polish: “Muskingum”
- Portuguese: “Rio Muskingum”
- Russian: “Маскингум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Muskingum”
- Slovenian: “Muskingum (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Muskingum River”
- Slovenian: “Muskingum”
- Slovenian: “reka Muskingum”
- Spanish: “Río Muskingum”
- Venetian: “Muskingum”
- Welsh: “Afon Muskingum”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Harmar and Fairview Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Childrens Toy and Doll Museum and Butchs Cola Museum.
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