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

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, Germany, and Maryland
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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); 1811 (incorporation)

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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