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  1. The Muskingum Valley near Dresden, seen in 1923 from the "Geography of Ohio" According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 673 square miles (1,740 km 2), of which 665 square miles (1,720 km 2) is land and 8.0 square miles (21 km 2) (1.2%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Ohio by land area. Adjacent counties

  2. Muskingum County is located east of Columbus, Ohio, our state capital. Ebenezer Zane made a settlement here when he stopped on his way from Wheeling, now West Virginia, to Maysville, Kentucky. He was clearing a road called Zane's Trace that ran across Ohio. Zanesville was established on March 1, 1804, by Zane's son-in-law, John McIntire.

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  4. Muskingum County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410.

  5. On January 7, 1804, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Muskingum County. The county's name came from an Indian word for "near the river". The Muskingum River flows through the county. Located on Zane's Trace, the county grew quickly. In 1810, Zanesville, the county seat, became Ohio's capital, replacing Chillicothe.

    County
    Fips Code [10]
    County Seat [11]
    Est. [12]
    Jul 10, 1797
    Mar 1, 1820
    Feb 24, 1846
    Jun 7, 1807
  6. Former Major League Baseball Player Jay Payton was born and raised in Zanesville. He played for for the New York Mets (1998-2002), Colorado Rockies (2002-2003), San Diego Padres (2004), Boston Red Sox (2005), Oakland Athletics (2005-2006) Baltimore Orioles (2007-2008) and the Colorado Rockies in 2010.

  7. List of counties in Ohio. There are 88 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Nine of them existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802. [1] A tenth county, Wayne, was established on August 15, 1796, and encompassed roughly the present state of Michigan. [2] During the Convention, the county was opposed to statehood, and was ...

    County
    Fips Code [10]
    County Seat [11]
    Est. [12]
    Jul 10, 1797
    Mar 1, 1820
    Feb 24, 1846
    Jun 7, 1807
  8. Ebenezer Zane founded Zanesville in 1800. The village was located at the junction of the Licking River with the Muskingum River. Zane had built a ferry service at this place for people traveling along the frontier road known as Zane's Trace. By the War or 1812, the town had approximately 1,400 people. It became the Muskingum County seat in 1804 ...

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