Coshocton County, Ohio

Founding: 1811 (declared in 1810)
Parent counties: Muskingum and Tuscarawas

Namesake: The city of Coshocton
Seat: Coshocton (1811–)

Land area: 564 square miles

Population (2020): 36,612

Population (historic): 7,086 (1820); 25,674 (1850); 26,642 (1880); 28,976 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1810–1850; 1870s; 1890s; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; five villages; two CDPs; 22 townships

National Register listings: 21

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,302 (32.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,150
Average outbuilding value (1930): $899
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,951
Average farm size (1920): 87.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ireland, Maryland, and Germany
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Coshocton

Naming: The Lenape word koshaxkink, likely a reference to the nearby Walhonding–Tuscarawas confluence

Founding: 1802 (platting as Tuscarawas); 1811 (post office)

Population (2020): 11,050

Population (historic): 333 (1830); 1,151 (1860); 6,473 (1900); 10,908 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1920; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,393 (45.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. James Warren Farm (c. 1875). 25892 County Road 103. Adams. Italianate.
2. John Elder Farm (c. 1875). 24681 State Route 60. Jefferson. Italianate.
3. James Frew Farm (c. 1830). 39713 US Highway 36. Jefferson.
4. John Andrews Farm (c. 1835). 28339 State Route 643. Keene.
5. Boyd Farm (c. 1835). 28907 State Route 643. Keene.
6. *Cuthbert Milligan House (1828). 46227 Township Road 207. Keene.
7. William Black Farm (c. 1875). 19892 State Route 93. Lafayette. Italianate.
8. *Andrew Ferguson House (c. 1840). 21593 State Route 751. Lafayette. Greek Revival.
9. *Eli Nichols House (c. 1835). 30515 Rabbit Ridge Road. Newcastle. Gothic Revival.
10. Jacob Wolf House (c. 1850). 58134 County Road 9. Oxford. Greek Revival.
11. *John Hardy Farm (c. 1870). 59740 County Road 9. Oxford. Italianate.
12. Thomas McKee House (c. 1855). 33264 State Route 541. Perry. Greek Revival.
13. Zachariah Hays Farm (c. 1840). 31332 County Road 20. Tiverton.