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River in the United States of America

For the place, seeOxoboxo River, Connecticut.

Oxoboxo River Oxoboxo Brook
Remains of a dam on the Oxoboxo River inUncasville

Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Counties	New London
Physical characteristics

Source	Oxoboxo Lake
• location	Montville,Connecticut, United States

Mouth	Thames River
• location	Montville,New London County,Connecticut, United States
Length	6 mi (9.7 km)
Basin size	6,768 acres (2,739 ha)

TheOxoboxo River,/ˈɑːksoʊˌbɑːksoʊ/ shown on federal maps asOxoboxo Brook,^[1] is a tributary of theThames River inNew London County,Connecticut. It flows roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) in a southeasterly direction from its source at Oxoboxo Lake to its confluence with the Thames. It has awatershed of 6,768 acres (27.39 km²), 87% of which is in thetown ofMontville.^[2]

The Oxoboxo was an important source ofwater power during English colonial settlement and 19th-century European-American industrial development in Montville. Colonists built the firstsawmill on the river in 1653. As of the 1880s, the river supplied power for 15 cotton, woolen, and paper mills, most of which had dams.^[2]^[3] The river's source, Oxoboxo Lake, is a natural lake whose size and elevation have been increased bydamming. The earliest dam at Oxoboxo Lake was constructed in the 17th century; it has been rebuilt and increased in height several times since, reaching its current elevation in the 1880s.^[2] A dam adjacent toConnecticut Route 32 inUncasville was removed in 2020 during redevelopment of theUncasville Mill, which it formerly powered.^[4]

The name was derived from Algonquian languages of the area, which had terms for the river and lake. Other historical names for the stream and alternative spellings of "Oxoboxo" include Abscubogset, Absubogsuck, Cochikuack Brook, Cokichiwake, Cokikuak, Cuchickuwock, Okeshoksee, Okseboksce, Oxopaugsuck, Oxyboxy, and Sawmill Brook. Many are transliterations of the feature name in theMohegan and otherAlgonquian languages of historical Native American tribes in the area.^[1]

References

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^^a ^bU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oxoboxo Brook
^^a ^b ^cTown of Montville Plan of Conservation and Development 2010 Archived 2012-03-25 at theWayback Machine, May 15, 2010
^Milone & Macbroom, Inc (December 6, 2012). "10. Dam Failure".HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE ANNEX FOR THE TOWN OF MONTVILLE(PDF). Town of Montville. p. 10-3.{{cite book}}:|work= ignored (help)
^Spinella, Sten (November 12, 2020)."Construction schedule on Oxoboxo Lofts pushed back".The New London Day. RetrievedDecember 20, 2022.

Rivers of Connecticut bydrainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

Thames River Watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Massachusetts	French River Quinebaug River