The Walhonding River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River,[3] 23.5 miles (37.8 km) long,[4] in east-central Ohio in the United States.

[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.

[5] According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Walhonding River has also been known historically as:[7] The name "White Womans Creek" (and variants) was probably originally intended to refer specifically either to the Kokosing River or to the Mohican River;[8][full citation needed] and during that same period (mid-1700s), the Walhonding was known only as the "West branch of the Muskingum".

[9][full citation needed] The final name "Walhonding" was newly chosen by legislators sometime after the 1820s.