The word Muskingum ( ) derives from a similarly sounding
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Native American) word, which some claim to translate as 'Eye of the Elk', but most likely means 'Swampy Ground'.
Muskingum may refer to:
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Muskingum (village), an 18th-century Native American community
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Muskingum University
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Muskingum County, Ohio
Muskingum County ( ) is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum River, the county name is ba ...
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Muskingum County Speedway
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Muskingum River
The Muskingum River ( ; ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio ...
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Muskingum Island, an island in the Ohio River
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Muskingum Township, Ohio (disambiguation) (two different townships)
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