This is a list of historical names for the
Ohio River, or portions thereof, as compiled by the
Geographic Names Information System of the
United States Geological Survey. The
Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ohio River" as the river's official name in 1931, but the Decision Card, submitted on December 31, 1930 and approved on October 7, 1931 states that naming it the Ohio river was a "Restatement of previous decision"