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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