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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
- Official name
- Coshocton
- Population
- 11050
- Area
- 21.258286
- Elevation
- 235
- 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
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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.