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TheMahoning Valley is a geographicvalley encompassingNortheast Ohio and a small portion ofWestern Pennsylvania that drains into theMahoning River. According to information at the bottom of Page 321 in a publication[1] by theOhioSecretary of State's Office, the river name comes from an Indian word meaning “at the licks.”
Downstream ofYoungstown, Ohio throughStruthers andLowellville in Ohio andEdinburg in Pennsylvania, the river runs through a significant valley. In contrast and notwithstanding some shallow reservoirs and short waterfalls, the river upstream of there flowing throughNewton Falls andWarren encounters less relief in the ground and the terrain is largely flat right up to the riverbank. Therefore, the term "Mahoning Valley" is generally applied locally only to the lower portion of the drainage unless addressing theYoungstown–Warren, OH-PA Combined Statistical Area which is also often referred to colloquially as the "Mahoning Valley" for the purposes of referring to issues such as job opportunities and housing markets.
There are also several other locales, most in the state ofPennsylvania, where the term "Mahoning Valley" are applied. There are four townships inIndiana County that include the name "Mahoning":East,West,North, andSouth Mahoning Townships nearMahoning Creek which flows into theAllegheny River north ofTempleton.
There is alsoMahoning Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, downstream on the same creek,Mahoning Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania, where there is anotherMahoning Creek which flows into theSusquehanna River nearDanville, andMahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, on yet anotherMahoning Creek which flows into theLehigh River atLehighton and from there into theDelaware River. Near these communities are various businesses such as a nursing home, golf course, race track, cinema, butcher shop, mini-storage, and auto parts store, that have incorporated "Mahoning Valley" into their name. There is also Mahoning Valley Christian Camp nearRushville, Indiana.
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