New Philadelphia
Also known as New Philadelphia, Ohio, New Philadelphia, OH
city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Tuscarawas
- Incorporated
- February 12, 1833
- Named after
- Philadelphia
- Mayor
- Joel Day
- Total
- 8.25 sq mi (21.37 km )
- Land
- 8.15 sq mi (21.12 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km )
- Elevation
- 899 ft (274 m)
- Density
- 2,168/sq mi (837.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
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New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The county's largest city, New Philadelphia lies along the Tuscarawas River. Its population was 17,677 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city in the New Philadelphia–Dover micropolitan area, about 70 miles (110 km) south of Cleveland.
In 1772, the Moravian Christians founded the community of Schoenbrunn in the area, which was the first settlement of the Northwest Territory. The pacifist Christian settlement was subsequently abandoned during the American Revolution. After the area was resettled in 1804, because of the presence of coal and clay, early industry in the city centered on mining interests and the manufacture of steel, canned goods, roofing tile, sewer pipe, bricks, vacuum cleaners, stovepipes, carriages, flour, brooms, and pressed, stamped, and enameled goods.