Wakatomika, Ohio

Wakatomika^[1] is an unincorporated community in central Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. Wakatomika is located on the Little Wakatomika Creek, and lies along State Route 60.

A post office was established at Wakatomika in 1823, and remained in operation until 1909.^[2] The community is named after the Shawnee village of Wakatomika,^[3] which was located along the Muskingum River near the present day site of Dresden.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wakatomika, Ohio
↑ "Coshocton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. p. 199.

Municipalities and communities of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Coshocton

City	Coshocton

Villages	Baltic‡ Conesville Nellie Plainfield Warsaw West Lafayette

Townships	Adams Bedford Bethlehem Clark Crawford Franklin Jackson Jefferson Keene Lafayette Linton Mill Creek Monroe Newcastle Oxford Perry Pike Tiverton Tuscarawas Virginia Washington White Eyes

CDPs	Canal Lewisville Fresno

Unincorporated communities	Bacon Bakersville Blissfield Cavallo Chili Cooperdale Helmick Keene Linton Mills Maysville Mohawk Village Morgan Run New Bedford New Guilford New Moscow New Princeton Newcastle Orange Spring Mountain Tiverton Center Tunnel Hill Tyrone Wakatomika Walhonding West Bedford West Carlisle Wills Creek

Ghost towns	Birmingham Custalogas Town Delaneysville Delaware Town Lichtenau McGuire

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°11′55″N 82°02′49″W / 40.19861°N 82.04694°W / 40.19861; -82.04694

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