Coshocton, Ohio Coshocton, Ohio Location of Coshocton, Ohio Location of Coshocton, Ohio Location of Coshocton in Coshocton County Location of Coshocton in Coshocton County County Coshocton Coshocton /k kt n/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The populace 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, positioned next to the former Ohio and Erie Canal.
By the late 1770s, Coshocton had turn into 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.
Chief Newcomer established Coshocton, moving his citizens west from their former principal settlement of Gekelmukpechunk (called Newcomerstown after the chief by the several white traders and pioneer there.) Most of the latter's Lenape populace of 700 followed Newcomer.
Coshocton was athwart the Tuscarawas River from Conchake, the former site of a Wyandot village.
The name Coshocton derives from Lenape Koshaxkink, 'where there is a river crossing,' altered to Koshaxktun 'ferry' (river-crossing device).
The Lenape sympathetic to the new United States stayed near Coshocton.
He attacked and finished the Lenape at Coshocton in April 1781. Coshocton was originally called Tuscarawas by American colonists, after the river, and under the latter name was laid out in 1802.
The young town was retitled Coshocton when it was designated governmental center of county by the council in 1811. To advancement their transit of goods and citizens , inhabitants of Ohio supported assembly of the Ohio and Erie Canal.
In 1886, an idea by a small-town printer gave rise to the specialty advertising industry, which, from its "birth" in Coshocton, eventually advanced into various manufacturing companies all over the country.
Coshocton is positioned at 40 16 4 N 81 51 24 W (40.267786, 81.856628). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.20 square miles (21.24 km2), of which 8.08 square miles (20.93 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 11,216 citizens , 4,872 homeholds, and 2,927 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.7% White, 1.8% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,872 homeholds of which 27.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 42.9 years.
21.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 20.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 11,682 citizens , 5,048 homeholds, and 3,160 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.05% White, 1.63% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other competitions, and 1.03% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,048 homeholds out of which 28.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,098, and the median income for a family was $42,088.
About 6.8% of families and 8.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
One of the industries in Coshocton encompassed Shaw-Barton.
The town/city is primarily served by the Coshocton City School District.
A portion of the Northwest section of the town/city is inside the River View Local School District.
All elementary schools have been merged into one elementary school, Coshocton Elementary School, positioned on Cambridge Road athwart from the high school.
Coshocton Christian School Central Ohio Technical College, Coshocton Campus Coshocton is served by two print newspapers, The Coshocton Tribune, a daily, and The Coshocton Beacon, presented weekly.
Chief Newcomer - prestige of a Lenape band in the 1770s and founder of Coshocton, ally of Continental forces in the American Revolutionary War United States Enumeration Bureau.
Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio.
Coshocton City School District Municipalities and communities of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States County seat: Coshocton Bacon Bakersville Blissfield Cavallo Chili Cooperdale Helmick Isleta Keene Linton Mills Maysville Mohawk Village Morgan Run New Bedford New Guilford New Moscow New Princeton Newcastle Orange Spring Mountain Tiverton Center Tunnel Hill Tyrone Wakatomika Walhonding West Bedford West Carlisle Wills Creek
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