Hocking County (HoCo)tees.
The county was organized on March 1, 1818, from land given by Athens, Fairfield, and Ross counties. Its name originally derives from the Hocking river that runs through the county, Native American name, roughly "Hokhokken" or "Hokhochen", which meant "bottle-shaped" or "gourd-shaped" and referred to the river's headwaters.
