Editing Hocking County, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|424|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|421|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.3|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504223453/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Waterways===
The major waterway of Hocking County is the [[Hocking River]], which flows roughly from WNW to ESE, arising in [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield County]] and flowing from Hocking County into [[Athens County, Ohio|Athens County]]. This river drains about half the county.  To the southwest, much of the rest of the county is drained by Salt Creek, which flows from there into [[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton County]]. A small part of the southeastern county is drained by [[Raccoon Creek (Ohio)|Raccoon Creek]], which also flows into Vinton County. The easternmost area of the county is within the [[Monday Creek]] watershed.  A small area in the north of the county is drained by Rush Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metadataexplorer.gis.state.oh.us/metadataexplorer/ |title=State of Ohio GIS Databases |access-date=March 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821200635/http://metadataexplorer.gis.state.oh.us/metadataexplorer/ |archive-date=August 21, 2011 }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Perry County, Ohio|Perry County]] (northeast)
* [[Athens County, Ohio|Athens County]] (southeast)
* [[Vinton County, Ohio|Vinton County]] (south)
* [[Ross County, Ohio|Ross County]] (southwest)
* [[Pickaway County, Ohio|Pickaway County]] (west)
* [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Wayne National Forest]] (part)