Muskingum (village)
Muskingum or Conchake
Msh-Kik-Wam or Cong-Sha-Keh | |
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Historic Native American village | |
| Etymology: Unami: msh-kik-wam "swampy ground" or Iroquoian languages: koshaxkink "river crossing" | |
Muskingum Former location of Muskingum in Ohio Muskingum Muskingum (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′4″N 81°51′24″W / 40.26778°N 81.85667°W | |
| State | Ohio |
| Present-day Community | Coshocton, Ohio |
| Founded | 1748 |
| Abandoned | 1759 |
| Population | |
• Estimate (1750) | 300−400 |
Muskingum (also known as Conchake) was a Wyandot village in southeastern Ohio from 1747 to 1755. It was an important trade center in the early 1750s, until it was devastated by smallpox in the winter of 1752. The town was repopulated for a short time afterwards, then abandoned again as a new community was established by Netawatwees a few miles to the east at Gekelukpechink. The city of Coshocton, Ohio was founded close to the site of the village in 1802.