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Muskingum County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- March 1, 1804
- Named after
- A Native American word meaning "Town by the river"
- Seat
- Zanesville
- Largest city
- Zanesville
- Total
- 673 sq mi (1,740 km )
- Land
- 665 sq mi (1,720 km )
- Water
- 8.0 sq mi (21 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 87,014
- Density
- 130/sq mi (50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .muskingumcountyoh .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Adamsville
- Capital
- Zanesville
- Population
- 86410
- Area
- 1742
- Shares border with
- Coshocton County
- Official website
- www.muskingumcounty.org
- Image
- Muskingum County Courthouse (Zanesville, Ohio) - view from Putnam Hill Park, miniature effect.jpg
- Households
- 33797
- Licence plate code
- 60
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- topic's main category
- Category:Muskingum County, Ohio
- Commons category
- Muskingum County, Ohio
- inception
- 1804-01-07
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Muskingum County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Muskingum County, Ohio
- different from
- Muskegon County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Muskingum County
- per capita income
- 26376
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Encyclopedic overview
Muskingum County (/məˈskɪŋ(ɡ)əm/ mə-SKING-(g)əm) is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum River, the county name is based on a Delaware American Indian word translated as "town by the river" or "elk's eye". Muskingum County comprises the Zanesville, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area. The Zanesville Micropolitan Statistical Area is the second-largest statistical area within the Combined Statistical Area, after the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county also comprises the entire Zanesville media market.
Name
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