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COSHOCTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 213 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COSHOCTON , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Coshocton county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Tuscarawas and the Walhonding See also:rivers, with the Muskingum See also:river, and about 70 M. E.N.E. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (1890) 3672; (1900) 6473 (364 See also:foreign- See also:born); (1910) 9603. It is served by the See also:Pennsylvania, the Pitts- See also:burg, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St See also:Louis (controlled by the Pennsylvania), and the See also:Wheeling & See also:Lake See also:Erie See also:railways. The city is built on a See also:series of four broad terraces, the upper one of which has an See also:elevation of 824 ft. above See also:sea-level, and commands pleasant views of the river and the valley. It has a public library. Coshocton is the commercial centre of an extensive agricultural See also:district and has manufactories of See also:paper, See also:glass, See also:flour, See also:china-See also:ware, See also:cast-See also:iron pipes and especially of advertising specialities. The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works. Coshocton occupies the site of a former See also:Indian See also:village of the same name—the See also:chief village of the Turtle tribe of the Delawares. This village was destroyed by the whites in 1781.

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settlement by whites was begun in 1801; and in 1802 the See also:place was laid out as a See also:town and named Tuscarawas. In 1811, when it was made the county-seat, the See also:present name was adopted. Coshocton was first incorporated in 1833.

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