Muskingum County, Ohio

Founding: 1804
Parent counties: Columbiana, Fairfield, and Washington

Namesake: The Muskingum River
Seat: Zanesville (1804–)

Land area: 665 square miles

Population (2020): 86,410

Population (historic): 10,036 (1810); 45,049 (1850); 49,774 (1880); 53,185 (1900); 67,398 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–1960; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city; ten villages; five CDPs; 25 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,118 (26.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,248
Average outbuilding value (1930): $870

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,688
Average farm size (1920): 87.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ireland, Maryland, and Germany
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Zanesville

Namesake: Ebenezer Zane, builder of Zane's Trace

Founding: 1799 (platting as Westbourne); 1801 (post office); 1814 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 24,765

Population (historic): 474 (1800); 4,766 (1840); 18,113 (1880); 23,538 (1900); 36,440 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1799–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,456 (43.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

George Adams House (1842). 11940 Bottom Road. Cass. Greek Revival. Razed.
Prospect Place / George Adams House (1856). 12150 Main Street. Cass. Italianate.
Edward Adams Farm (1840). 1915 Tobacco Hill Road. Cass. Greek Revival. Burned in 2019.
Madison Presbyterian Church (1882). 1935 Tobacco Hill Road. Cass. Gothic Revival.
Adam Rider House (1831). 9350 East Athens Road. Clay.
Edward Smith House (1830/1860). 5255 West Pike. Falls.
Headley Inn (1833/1835). 5345 West Pike. Falls.
James Tanner Farm (c. 1875). 6140 Pinecrest Road. Hopewell. Italianate.
Samuel Black Farm (c. 1835). Buker Road, west of Bird Road. Highland.
James Hunter House (1835). 8985 Mercer Road. Highland. Razed.
Fleming House (c. 1830). 10575 Marne Road. Jackson.
Alexander Struthers House (c. 1850). 42 Dave Longaberger Avenue. Jefferson.
Lewis Shurtz House (c. 1865). North River Road, south of Old Ferry Road. Madison. Italianate. Razed.
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (1900). Stone Church Road. Madison. Gothic Revival. Razed.
Collins Log House (c. 1830). Cumberland Road, southwest of Prouty Road. Meigs. Razed.
Madison Tunis Farm (1874). 5640 Baughman Road. Muskingum. Italianate.
McGinnis Farm (c. 1855). 4535 Fawn Road. Muskingum.
Muskingum Presbyterian Church (1877). 4545 Gorsuch Road. Muskingum. Gothic Revival.
John Spencer Farm (c. 1875). 8585 Shannon Valley Road. Muskingum. Italianate.
George Rankin House (c. 1855). Maysville Pike, at Roseville Road. Newton. Gothic Revival. Razed.
Caleb James House (c. 1818/1839). 3485 Moxahala Park Road. Newton. Italianate.
William Denison Farm (c. 1840). 7115 Adamsville Road. Salem.
Christian Neff House (c. 1835). Big Muskie Road, south of Chandlersville. Salt Creek.
John Peairs House (c. 1840). 3330 Wilhelm Road. Salt Creek. Federal.
Joseph Wortman House (c. 1835). 5155 Wortman Road. Springfield. Federal.
George Swank Log House (c. 1811). 2830 Adamsville Road. Washington. Razed.
Josiah Allen Farm (c. 1855). 1645 Dietz Lane. Wayne. Gothic Revival.
James Taylor House (c. 1835). 400 Mound Road. Wayne. Federal.
Alvah Buckingham House (c. 1840). 410 Mound Road. Wayne. Greek Revival.
James Ross House (c. 1855). 1570 South River Road. Wayne. Gothic Revival.
Gottlieb Dietz Log House. 2138 South River Road. Wayne. Razed.
James Gallagher Farm (1848). 2444 South River Road. Wayne. Greek Revival.
John Miller Farm (c. 1850). 4692 South River Road. Wayne. Gothic Revival.
House (c. 1860). 1088 Wayne Avenue. Wayne. Gothic Revival.