Coshocton
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 Lock gates on the Walhonding River |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1802 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Coshocton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 16 ′ N , 81 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 11,682 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 602.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 19.7 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19.4 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 235 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43812 | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-18868 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1056840 | ||
| Website : | www.coshoctoncityhall.com | ||
| Mayor : | Steven D. Mercer | ||
 Boat on the Ohio-Erie Canal |
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Coshocton ( kəˈʃɔktən ) is the county seat of Coshocton County , Ohio , United States .
geography
The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet at Coshocton to merge into the Muskingum River . The name means "union of waters" in the Delaware language .
In town is Roscoe , a restored canal settlement. Located on the Ohio-Erie Canal , which has now been restored for tourist trips , this village is a tourist attraction.
The city had 11,682 inhabitants at the 2000 census .
history
Coshocton (at that time still under the name Tuscarawa ) was the main town of the Lenni-Lenape- Indians, who are also called "Delaware" , before the white colonization . Coshocton County was founded in 1810 by a split from Muskingum County and the settlement founded in 1802 became a county seat. The city was officially named Coshocton by a resolution of the Ohio legislature in 1811.
On September 11, 1950, a serious railway accident occurred at Coshocton station in which 33 people died.
Personalities
- Alan Abel (* 1930), media worker who caused a stir with forged documentaries.
- Robert Earl Brenly (born 1954), football player
- William Wallace Burns (1825-1892), officer in the American Civil War
- Alice Magaw (1860–1928), anesthesia nurse and co-founder of scientific anesthesiology
- William Green (1873–1952), trade unionist and politician
- Edgar McNabb (1865-1894), basketball player
- Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), Supreme Court Justice from 1862 to 1881
Individual evidence
- ^ A Pronunciation Guide to Places in Ohio . EWScripps School of Journalism. Retrieved December 19, 2008.