Zanesville, Ohio "Zanesville"
Zanesville .
Zanesville, Ohio The view of downtown Zanesville from Putnam Hill Park The view of downtown Zanesville from Putnam Hill Park 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 Location of Zanesville in Muskingum County and the state of Ohio Zanesville is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The populace was 25,487 at the 2010 census.
6 Zanesville Y-Bridge Zanesville was titled 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 1801, Zanesville was officially retitled from Westbourne (Zane's chosen town name).
From 1810 1812, the town/city was the second state capital of Ohio. The National Road runs through Zanesville as U.S.
Over 5,000 Union soldiers, along with hundreds of townsfolk, were stationed in the Zanesville region to protect the town/city in 1863 amid Morgan's Raid.
Novelist Zane Grey, a descendant of the Zane family, was born in the city.
The town/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.
Zanesville is positioned at 39 56 46 N 82 0 44 W (39.946049, 82.012150), along the Muskingum River at its confluence with the Licking River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.14 square miles (31.44 km2), of which 11.77 square miles (30.48 km2) is territory and 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2) is water. Owens Pottery Company, the Zanesville Stoneware Company, the Mosaic Tile Company, the American Encaustic Tiling Company, and the T.B.
Climate data for Zanesville, Ohio (1981 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 7.7 4.5 3.7 .8 0 0 0 0 0 .1 1.5 4.2 22.5 In the 1950s, Zanesville was known for its populace of light-skinned blacks who could "pass" (be admitted to whites-only places).
This characteristic was due to a history of ethnic intermixing dating back to Zanesville's part as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 84.4% White, 9.7% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 4.7% from two or more competitions.
The median age in the town/city was 36.3 years.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.48% White, 10.76% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other competitions, and 2.70% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Muskingum River Canal, a primary transportation artery in Zanesville in the nineteenth century The town/city is served by Zanesville Municipal Airport, assembled amid WW-2 and opened near the end of the War.
US 22 and US 40 run concurrently east of Zanesville to Cambridge in neighboring Guernsey County, where they split.
North-south state highways 60 and 93 (which were originally state highways 77 and 75, in the order given, being renumbered when Interstates with the same numbers were assembled in Ohio) also pass through Zanesville.
The busiest road in town is Maple Avenue, a north-south thoroughfare roughly connecting the downtown region to newer retail centers on the north edge of the city.
Some other primary roads include Maysville Avenue, which is a north-south route from the historic Putnam Avenue precinct through South Zanesville to Maysville.
East Pike and West Pike is route 40 on both sides of Zanesville.
West Pike goes from Western Zanesville to the West Muskingum area.
Other moderately busy roads include North 7th Street, Sharon Avenue, Wayne Avenue, 9th Street, Underwood Street, Putnam Avenue, Adair Avenue, Newark Road, Dresden Road, Northpointe Drive, Linden Avenue, State Street, Military Road, Pine Street, Pershing Road, Maple Avenue, and Marietta Street.
Moreover, Zanesville has three historic neighborhoods: Putnam, Mc - Intire, and the Brighton area.
The boundary for downtown to the north is Interstate 70, the canal to the south, Underwood Street to the east and the Muskingum River to the west.
After the Civil War, the town/city interval in size and attained eminence in the state for manufacturing and textiles.
From the 1820s until the 1970s, Downtown Zanesville was the premiere economic center of the town/city with various factories, offices, small to large stores, many small/large hotels, over a dozen stage/movie theaters, near twenty churches, and close-by neighborhoods (largely of Irish or German ethnicity).
Amelia Earhart was quoted as saying, "Zanesville is the easiest recognized town/city from the air because of the Y- Bridge." The Muskingum County Courthouse is positioned in Zanesville on U.S.
Route 40, the National Road and the city's Main Street.
Muskingum County Courthouse, Zanesville Lock #10 positioned in Downtown Zanesville features a unique "double lock".
The Muskingum River Parkway and its 160-year-old navigation fitness were designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in July 2001.
A burgeoning artists' colony (10 locations) is positioned throughout downtown Zanesville.
The artists' colony of Zanesville website is .
The Zanesville police station and fire station are also in downtown.
The John Mc - Intire Library has an outside rubbing wall that tells the history of Zanesville and Muskingum County.
Located in the heart of the Zanesville barns yard area, the Freight Shops are homed in one of the two remaining barns structures that once supported freight and passenger services to travelers from around the world.
Across 5th Street is the John Mc - Intire Library, also home to the Muskingum County Historical Society's records.
Zanesville Y-Bridge Main article: Y-Bridge (Zanesville, Ohio) The Zanesville Y-Bridge, seen from a high bluff south of the river confluence.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is one of very several bridges of its type in the United States.
Pilot Amelia Earhart described Zanesville, Ohio as "the most recognizable town/city in the country" because of its Y-shaped bridge.
New York City's Triborough Bridge spanning the confluence of the East River, Harlem River, and Bronx Kill has some topographic similarities to the Y Bridge, but it consists of three separate bridges which meet at an island junction in the middle of the water.
Zanesville Police Department was formed in 1865 with 6 officers.
The first school home (a log-cabin) was assembled and opened in Zanesville in 1803.
Zanesville High School is the high school for the Zanesville City Schools.
Most students living inside Zanesville town/city limits attend Zanesville City Schools, however students with Zanesville addresses but living outside of the town/city limits may attend Tri-Valley High School, John Glenn High School, West Muskingum High School, Maysville High School, and Philo High School.
There are two private high schools Bishop Rosecrans High School (Roman Catholic) and Zanesville Christian School.
Zane State College, formerly known as Muskingum Area Technical College, is adjoining to OUZ established in 1969.
Zanesville is served by the Muskingum County Library System.
Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, OSF, teacher and aviator, born in Zanesville Leggett, Union army general and superintendent of Zanesville schools In 1966, a reported UFO sighting was made by Zanesville barber Ralph Ditter.
In 1988, the first "Herda Fest" was held in Adamsville, OH which is a several miles East of Zanesville.
In Australia, the Seven Network's reality tv series The World's Strictest Parents featured Aza and Troy visiting the Mc - Donald family from Zanesville, Ohio. In 2012, Zanesville Athletic FC was founded.
Zanesville Athletic will play in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) starting in May 2013.
The home field is positioned in South Zanesville at the Maysville Athletic Complex (MAC) on the ground of Maysville Local School District.
In 2013, The webcomic Broodhollow makes mention of Zanesville as a town established by the chief character Wadsworth Zane's ancestors.
"Station Name: OH ZANESVILLE MUNI AP".
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"City of Lost Boundaries", Jet, Nov 22, 1951 City of Zanesville Website, accessed February 15, 2008.
Zanesville Ohio Community Directory Zanesville Tourism site Downtown Zanesville Artist Colony website Municipalities and communities of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
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