The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the
Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
, approximately 65 mi (105 km) long, in southeast
Ohio
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in the
United States
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.
It rises in the hill country of
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe:
* Monroe County, Alabama
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* Monroe County, Florida
* Monroe County, Georgia
*Monroe County, Illinois
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, approximately 5 mi (8 km) northwest of the Ohio River and 8 mi (13 km) southeast of
Woodsfield
Woodsfield is a village and the county seat of Monroe County, Ohio, United States located 30 miles northeast of Marietta. The population was 2,384 at the 2010 census.
History
Woodsfield was founded in 1813 as seat of the newly formed Monroe Cou ...
. It flows southwest, in a tight
meander
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ing course, roughly parallel to, and staying within 8 mi (13 km) of the Ohio. It passes
Rinard Mills and
Dart
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, and joins the Ohio approximately 5 mi (8 km) southeast of
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, Mar ...
and the mouth of the
Muskingum River
The Muskingum River (Shawnee: ') is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 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 o ...
, which enters the Ohio from the northwest.
Duck Creek enters the Ohio between the mouth of the Muskingum and Little Muskingum.
All except the last 2 mi (3.2 km) of the river are within
Wayne National Forest
The Wayne National Forest is located in the south-eastern part of the US state of Ohio, in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It is the only national forest in Ohio. Forest headquarters are located between The Plains and Nelsonville, Ohio, on ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohio ...
*
Sacket Run Sacket Run is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a tributary to the Little Muskingum River
The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 65 mi (105 km) long, in southeast Ohio in the United States.
It ...
, tributary of Little Muskingum River
References
Rivers of Ohio
Tributaries of the Ohio River
Rivers of Monroe County, Ohio
Rivers of Washington County, Ohio
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