TUSCARAWAS RIVER

river rising in Summit County, northeastern Ohio, U.S., near Akron and Barberton (there dammed to form the Portage Lakes). It flows south past Massillon, Dover, and New Philadelphia and then west to join the Walhonding, near Coshocton, after a course of 125 mi (201 km), to form the Muskingum River. Beach City Reservoir is impounded by a flood-control dam on the Tuscarawas north of Dover, and Tappan, Piedmont, Clendening, Leesville, and Atwood reservoirs are on its tributaries. The river's name is derived from the Tuscarora Indian tribe.