Muskingum River

The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio.
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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.

Park
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is a park.

Museum
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Historic building
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is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harmar, Marietta and Marietta.

Neighborhood
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Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of , , United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta.

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is a city of 13,000 people in . It is at the confluence of the Muskingum River and Ohio River. Founded in 1788 it is the oldest city in Ohio.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district in , , 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

Latitude
39.40924° or 39° 24′ 33″ north
Longitude
-81.45623° or 81° 27′ 22″ west
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Open location code
86FWCG5V+MG
Geo­Names ID
4519307
Wiki­data ID
Q1595409
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Satellite Map

Discover Muskingum River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Muskingum River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Muskingum”
  • Belarusian: “Маскінгум (рака)”
  • Belarusian: “Маскінгум”
  • 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 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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