Mahoning Valley (geographic)
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For the valley in northeastern Pennsylvania, see Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
The Mahoning Valley is a geographic valley encompassing Northeast Ohio and a small portion of Western Pennsylvania that drains into the Mahoning River. According to information at the bottom of Page 321 in a publication[1] by the Ohio Secretary of State's Office, the river name comes from an Indian word meaning “at the licks.”
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