Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville, Ohio
City
Downtown Zanesville
Nickname(s):  "City of Natural Advantages", "Y City", "Clay City", "The Y Bridge City"
Location of Zanesville in Muskingum County and the State of Ohio
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Coordinates: 39°57′34″N 82°00′48″W / 39.95944°N 82.01333°W / 39.95944; -82.01333
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Muskingum
Named for	Ebenezer Zane
Area [1]
• Total	12.13 sq mi (31.41 km2)
• Land	11.78 sq mi (30.50 km2)
• Water	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Elevation [2]	768 ft (234 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	24,765
• Density	2,102.83/sq mi (811.92/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	43701–43702
Area code	740
FIPS code	39-88084[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086738[2]
Website	www.coz.org

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.^[5] The population was 24,765 at the 2020 census.^[3]

It was founded by Ebenezer Zane. Zane had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio. He settled in the area in 1797 with his son-in-law, John McIntire. They put the town at the point where Zane's Trace met the Muskingum River.

From 1810-1812, the city was the second state capital of Ohio.^[6] The National Road runs through Zanesville as U.S. Route 40. Novelist Zane Grey, a descendant of the Zane family, was born in the city.

The city has two engineering landmarks: the Muskingum River Canal, designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; and the Zanesville Y-Bridge, the only such structure in the United States still in use and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zanesville, Ohio
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "QuickFacts: Zanesville city, Ohio". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
4. ↑ "FIPS Common Codes for Ohio". Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
5. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
6. ↑ "Zanesville".