Wakatomika Creek
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Wakatomika Creek is a tributary of the Muskingum River, 42.6 mi (68.6 km) long, in central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 234 mi² (606 km²) Ohio Department of Natural Resources. [A Guide to Ohio Streams.] [Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf)]
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Wakatomika Creek rises in western Coshocton County and flows westwardly into Knox County; then southwardly into northeastern Licking and southwestern Coshocton Counties; and eastwardly through northwestern Muskingum County, past the southern edge of the village of Frazeysburg. It joins the Muskingum River from the west at the village of Dresden.DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1Tributaries of Wakatomika Creek
Winding Fork drains much of southern Perry Township and northwestern Pike Township in Coshocton County, and empties into Wakatomika Creek near the State Route 79 bridge over Wakatomika Creek. Brushy Fork drains much of Licking County's Perry Township, and empties into Wakatomika Creek in the very northwestern corner of Muskingum County. Black Run empties into Wakatomika Creek just southwest of Frazeysburg. Little Wakatomika Creek empties into Wakatomika Creek near the intersection of state routes 60 and 16.History
Wakatomika Creek takes its name from the Delaware (Native American) village of Wakatomika, which was located at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek along the Muskingum River, at about the present day site of Dresden, Ohio. After Lord Dunmore's War opened the area to settlers in 1774, the valley along Wakatomika Creek was one of the first areas in present day Muskingum County to be settled. Today, the Longaberger Basket Company maintains a large facility in the Wakatomika Valley between Frazeysburg and Dresden.Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Wakatomika Creek has also been known historically as:http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=121:3:530840878239254790::NO::P3_FID:1067036
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