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The Hocking River is a Tributary of the Ohio River in southeastern Ohio in the United States . The Hocking flows mostly on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau , but its headwaters are in a Glaciated region. It rises in Bloom Township in Fairfield County and flows generally southeastwardly through Fairfield, Hocking , and Athens Counties, through the Hocking Hills region and past the cities of Lancaster , Logan , Nelsonville , Athens and Coolville . It joins the Ohio River at Hockingport . The Hocking's tributaries also drain parts of Perry , Morgan , and Washington Counties. Its name originally derives from a Native American name, roughly "Hokhokken" or "Hokhochen", which meant "bottle-shaped" or "gourd-shaped" and referred to the configuration of the river at the present-day town of Logan, Ohio . The river was known as the Hockhocking River until the late 1800s . The Hocking Canal once linked Athens to Lancaster and the Ohio And Erie Canal , but was destroyed by flooding and never rebuilt. Between Nelsonville and Athens, the Hocking today, is roughly paralleled by a Rail Trail , the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway . The path serves as a major source of recreation for the residents of the area especially, the students of Ohio University . Major tributaries to the Hocking include (downriver to upriver) Federal Creek, Margaret Creek, Sunday Creek , Monday Creek, Scott Creek, Oldtown Creek, Clear Creek, Rush Creek, Pleasant Run, Baldwin Run, and Hunters Run. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |