| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Coshocton County |
| Walhonding River | |
| Map: | Walhondingrivermap.png |
| Source1 Location: | Coshocton County |
| Mouth: | Muskingum River |
| Mouth Location: | Coshocton |
| Length: | 23.5miles |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 1653.7cuft/s, USGS water years 1985-1991[1] |
| Discharge2 Location: | mouth |
| Discharge2 Avg: | 2488.65cuft/s (estimate)[2] |
| Basin Size: | 2252sqmi |
The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River,[3] 23.5miles long,[4] in east-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 2252mi2.[4]
The Walhonding flows for its entire length in Coshocton County. It is formed by the confluence of the Mohican River and the Kokosing River and flows generally east-southeast,[5] passing through Mohawk Dam, which was built in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of flood control in the Muskingum River watershed,[6] and through the towns of Nellie and Warsaw. Downstream of Warsaw it collects Killbuck Creek. It meets the Tuscarawas River at the city of Coshocton to form the Muskingum River.[5]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Walhonding River has also been known historically as:
The name "White Womans Creek" (and variants) was probably originally intended to refer specifically either to the Kokosing River or to the Mohican River;[7] and during that same period (mid-1700s), the Walhonding was known only as the "West branch of the Muskingum".[8] The final name "Walhonding" was newly chosen by legislators sometime after the 1820s.