Zanesville
| Zanesville, Ohio | |
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| City | |
The view of downtown Zanesville from Putnam Hill Park
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| Nickname(s): "City of Natural Advantages", "Y City", "Clay City", "Pottery Capital of The World", "The Y Bridge City" | |
 Location of Zanesville in Muskingum County and the state of Ohio |
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| Coordinates: 39°56′46″N 82°0′44″W / 39.94611°N 82.01222°WCoordinates: 39°56′46″N 82°0′44″W / 39.94611°N 82.01222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Muskingum |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeff Tilton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.14 sq mi (31.44 km2) |
| • Land | 11.77 sq mi (30.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 25,487 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 25,411 |
| • Density | 2,165.4/sq mi (836.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 43701-43702 |
| Area code(s) | 740 |
| FIPS code | 39-88084 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1071002 |
| Website | http://www.coz.org/ |
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,487 at the 2010 census.
Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road from Wheeling, Virginia (now in West Virginia) to Maysville, Kentucky through present-day Ohio. In 1797, he gave land as payment to his son-in-law, John McIntire (1759–1815), at the point where Zane's Trace met the Muskingum River. With Zane's help, McIntire platted the town and opened an inn and ferry by 1799. In 1801, Zanesville was officially renamed from Westbourne (Zane's chosen town name).
From 1810–1812, the city was the second state capital of Ohio. The National Road runs through Zanesville as U.S. Route 40. The city grew quickly in the 1820s–1850s. Over 5,000 Union soldiers, along with hundreds of townsfolk, were stationed in the Zanesville area to protect the city in 1863 during Morgan's Raid. Novelist Zane Grey, a descendant of the Zane family, was born in the city.
The city has two engineering landmarks: the Muskingum River Canal, designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; and the Zanesville Y-Bridge, the only such structure in the United States still in use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Colony Square Mall opened in 1981.
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