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Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Coshocton
- Mayor
- Mark Mills ( D )
- Total
- 8.17 sq mi (21.16 km )
- Land
- 8.00 sq mi (20.73 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km )
- Elevation
- 814 ft (248 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 11,091
- Density
- 1,380.6/sq mi (533.07/km )
- Area codes
- 220 and 740
- Fips code
- 39-18868
- Website
- cityofcoshocton.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Coshocton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Coshocton County
- Population
- 11050
- Area
- 21.258286
- Elevation
- 235
- Capital of
- Coshocton County
- Official website
- www.coshoctoncityhall.com
- Image
- Church of the Sacred Heart (Coshocton, Ohio) - exterior 1.jpg
- Households
- 4676
- Dialing code
- 740
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- Commons category
- Coshocton, Ohio
- postal code
- 43812
- inception
- 1802-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.5142
- per capita income
- 25478
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Coshocton (/kəˈʃɒktən/) is a city in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 11,050 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately 63 miles (101 km) east-northeast of Columbus. 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 oppression. Coshocton is the principal city of the Coshocton micropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coshocton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.