Zanesville, Ohio
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Location in Ohio
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1797 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Ohio | |
County : | Muskingum County | |
Coordinates : | 39 ° 57 ′ N , 82 ° 1 ′ W | |
Residents : | 25,361 (as of: 2000) | |
Population density : | 871.5 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 29.8 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 29.1 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 206 m | |
Postcodes : | 43701, 43702 | |
Area code : | +1 740 | |
FIPS : | 39-1071002 | |
GNIS ID : | 88084 | |
Website : | www.coz.org | |
Mayor : | Butch Zwelling |
Zanesville is a city in Ohio . It is the capital of Muskingum County and has a population of 25,361. Zanesville was founded in 1797 by Ebenezer Zane , after whom the city is named, and his son-in-law John McIntire at the point where Zane's Trace and the Muskingum River cross. Zanesville was Ohio's second state capital from 1810 to 1812 .
geography
Zanesville is located at the confluence of the Muskingum Rivers and the Licking Rivers . The urban area is 29.8 km², of which 29.1 km² are land and 0.7 km² are covered by water.
Demographics
In 2000 there were 10,572 households and 6,438 families in the city. The population density was 878.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The people populated 11,662 houses.
The population was divided into 85.48% white, 10.76% African American, 0.4% Native, 0.23% Asian and 2.7% mixed.
26.8% were younger than 18, 9.5% 18–24, 27.8% 25–44, 20.5% 45–65 and 15.5% over 65 years of age. For every 100 women there are 85.3 men, for every 100 girls under 18 there are 79.3 boys.
traffic
The city is connected to the air traffic via the Zanesville Municipal Airport , to the long-distance network via the roads Interstate 70, US40 and US22, which both lead to Cambridge , as well as the state highways 60, 93, 666, 555, 719 and 146. The busiest The street of the city is Maple Avenue, which runs through the city on the north-south axis.
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819–1885), politician, 21st Vice President of the United States
- Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), architect
- Otis Harlan (1865–1940), actor and comedian
- Zane Gray (1872-1939), writer
- Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886–1970), writer and translator
- Addison Richards (1887–1964), actor
- William Frederick "Whitey" Wietelmann (born March 15, 1919 - March 26, 2002), baseball player ( Boston Braves , Pittsburgh Pirates ) in the MLB
- Fred Taylor (1924-2002), basketball coach
- Troy Balderson (born 1962), politician
- Kurt Abbott (born 1969), baseball player
- Kevin Martin (* 1983), Houston Rockets basketball player in the NBA