Variant Names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Hocking River has also been known as:
- Big Hock-hocking River
- Great Hock-hocking River
- Hock-Hocking River
- Hockhocken River
- Hockhocking River
- Hocking Hocking River
- Hokhoking River
- Big Hockhocking River
- Big Hocking River
- Great Hockhocking River
- Hakhakkien River
- Hockhoking River
The form "Hockhocking" was generally used for the first century of Ohio's statehood, as reflected on old maps, while the shorter "Hocking" River form has been used for about the past century.
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