Kokosing River
The Kokosing River within the catchment area of the Walhonding River.
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The Kokosing River is a 92 km long tributary of the Walhonding River in the central U.S. state of Ohio. About the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio River it is part of the river system of the Mississippi River and drains an area of approximately 1248 km ². The Kokosing River rises in Morrow County northeast of Mount Gilead, and initially flows southward. In the village of Chesterville it bends to the east and crosses the Knox and Coshocton County, where it touches the towns of Mount Vernon, Howard and Gambier. 3 km northwest of the village of Nellie in the northwestern Coshocton County he meets the Mohican River and both rivers form the Walhonding River. Above Mount Vernon takes the Kokosing River on its main tributary, the north-west of North Branch Kokosing River coming ( north arm of the Kokosing Rivers ). According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river was in its settlement history with coconut Hing River, Owl Creek, called Vernon River and similar names.
Of the probably first settlers on the Kokosing River testify two mounds near the town of Fredericksburg. In the 18th and 19th century, the area was used by several Native American tribes as a hunting ground, including the Shawnee, Wyandot and Delaware. Larger Indian villages there were further downstream on the Walhonding River. After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, most Indians were forced to leave the area and to 1803, new housing developments of the white immigrants. Riverside driven by water power saw and grain mills were built and they took advantage of the Kokosing River as a transportation route for timber and agricultural products. Increasing deforestation and associated soil erosion altered the hydrology of the river, so that the mills closed and the commercial boat operation had to be stopped.
Between Mount Vernon Howard and the flow from the Kokosing Gap Trail is accompanied. This paved walking and bike path was built on the old railway line of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Mount Vernon and Danville.