Mahoning

The Mahoning River winds through the wooded country of northeastern Ohio before joining the Shenango to form the Beaver River. Salt springs along its course gave the valley a name often interpreted as “at the lick.” By the 1750s Lenape people had established a settlement called Kseeskheoong, or “place of salt,” on the middle river. A map published in 1755 also marked a salt spring in the region.