Coshocton, Ohio
| Coshocton, Ohio | |
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Public square with the courthouse
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 Location of Coshocton, Ohio |
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 Location of Coshocton in Coshocton County |
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| Coordinates: 40°16′4″N 81°51′24″W / 40.26778°N 81.85667°WCoordinates: 40°16′4″N 81°51′24″W / 40.26778°N 81.85667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Coshocton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steven D. Mercer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.20 sq mi (21.24 km2) |
| • Land | 8.08 sq mi (20.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2) |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 11,216 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 11,173 |
| • Density | 1,388.1/sq mi (535.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 43812 |
| Area code(s) | 740 |
| FIPS code | 39-18868 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1056840 |
| Website | www |
Coshocton /kəˈʃɒktən/ is a city in and the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,216 at the 2010 census. The Walhonding River and the Tuscarawas River meet in Coshocton to form the Muskingum River.
Coshocton contains Roscoe Village, a restored town of the canal era, located next to the former Ohio and Erie Canal. A heritage tourist attraction, it showcases the area's unique canal history. The city was developed on the site of a former Lenape village established in the late 1770s by bands who had migrated from the East under European pressure.
Under pressure from European-American colonists, Lenape had moved west across the Appalachians and into Ohio. By the late 1770s, Coshocton had become the principal Lenape (Delaware) village in the Ohio Country. Many Lenape had been forced to cede their lands in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and had migrated to Ohio Country from their traditional territory on the East Coast. In addition, they were under pressure by warfare from the Iroquois pressing down from their traditional base in present-day New York because of competition in the fur trade.
Chief Newcomer founded Coshocton, moving his people west from their former principal settlement of Gekelmukpechunk (called Newcomerstown after the chief by the few white traders and settlers there.) Most of the latter's Lenape population of 700 followed Newcomer. Coshocton was across the Tuscarawas River from Conchake, the former site of a Wyandot village. By then the Wyandot had migrated northwest, in part of a movement of numerous tribes. The name Coshocton derives from Lenape Koshaxkink, 'where there is a river crossing,' altered to Koshaxktun 'ferry' (river-crossing device).
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