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Muskingum County, Ohio

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98newspaper titles
0digitized titles
84historic places
1800earliest paper
1804formed
86,410pop. 2020
110cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 98 newspaper titles published in Muskingum County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 84 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Zanesville, New Concord, Roseville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Muskingum

Library of Congress
98 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Zanesville City TimesZanesville1800–1876
Muskingum MessengerZanesville1809–1810
Muskingum Messenger and Ohio IntelligencerZanesville1810–1812
Muskingum MessengerZanesville1812–1819
Zanesville Express, and Republican StandardZanesville1812–1820
The Muskingum Messenger, and Democratic RepublicanZanesville1819–1837
The Express & Public AdvertiserZanesville1820–1821
The Zanesville ExpressZanesville1821–1822
The Ohio RepublicanZanesville1823–1845
Zanesville GazetteZanesville1830–1858
The Democratic Union and Zanesville AdvertiserZanesville1834–1836
For the People of Muskingum and LickingZanesville1836–1836
Zanesville AuroraZanesville1836–1864
The Western RecorderZanesville, Putnam1839–1854
The HarrisonianZanesville1840–1840
The Genius of TruthZanesville1842–1843
Der TheophilusZanesville1844–1899
The Clarion of FreedomCambridge, New Concord1844–1848
Zanesville Weekly CourierZanesville1845–1852
Daily ExperimentZanesville1846–1899
The Tri-Weekly CourierZanesville1846–1847
The Zanesville CourierZanesville1847–1851
The Zanesville CourierZanesville1847–1847
The Dresden HeraldDresden1848–1899
The Hail StormNew Concord1848–1848
City TimesZanesville1852–1899
Daily Zanesville CourierZanesville1852–1862
Weekly Zanesville CourierZanesville1852–1858
Daily Commercial AuroraZanesville1854–1899
Citizens' PressZanesville1860–1899
Zanesville Daily CourierZanesville1862–1863
The Daily Zanesville CourierZanesville City, Zanesville1863–1865
The Ohio SignalZanesville1864–1865
The Ohio Family JournalZanesville1865–1899
The Zanesville Daily CourierZanesville1865–1893
The Zanesville Morning SignalZanesville1865–1866
The Zanesville Weekly SignalZanesville1865–1872
The Zanesville Daily SignalZanesville1866–1869
Blandy's Monthly JournalZanesville, Newark1867–1999
Weekly CourierZanesville1868–1915
Dresden MonitorDresden1869–1899
Farmers' and Mechanics' AdvocateZanesville1870–1879
The Zanesville SignalZanesville1872–1899
Zanesville PostZanesville1872–1914
Dresden HeraldDresden1874–1876
Dresden DoingsDresden1875–1889
Daily Morning TimesZanesville1877–1885
The Weekly TimesZanesville1877–1885
Daily DemocratZanesville1879–1879
The Weekly AdvocateZanesville1879–1888
New Concord EnterpriseNew Concord1880–1966
Our CauseZanesville1882–1999
Zanesville Daily SignalZanesville1882–1895
Sunday Morning NewsZanesville1883–1889
The Sunday NewsZanesville1883–1918
Daily Times RecorderZanesville1885–1890
Sunday DialZanesville1885–1999
Sunday TelegramZanesville1885–1999
Truth and JusticeZanesville1885–1885
Sunday Morning StarZanesville1886–1891
The Muskingum NewsZanesville1886–1999
The Weekly Times RecorderZanesville1886–1904
The Sunday GazetteZanesville1888–1899
Zanesville Saturday NightZanesville1888–1999
The Adamsville RegisterAdamsville1889–1939
The Dresden TranscriptDresden1890–1933
The Weekly SignalZanesville1890–1899
The Zanesville SignalZanesville1890–1901
Zanesville Daily Times RecorderZanesville1890–1899
Zanesville Times RecorderZanesville1890–1904
The Labor JournalZanesville1892–1921
The Daily CourierZanesville1893–1915
The Daily SignalZanesville1895–1898
The Labor JournalZanesville1896–1920
The Zanesville SignalZanesville1898–1899
Zanesville Evening SignalZanesville1899–1902
The Zanesville DispatchZanesville1900–1922
The Zanesville HeraldZanesville1901–1999
Zanesville Weekly SignalZanesville1901–1905
The Black and MagentaNew Concord1902–?
The Zanesville SignalZanesville1902–1959
The Times RecorderZanesville1904–1959
The News-AdvertiserNew Concord1920–1999
The Zanesville TribuneZanesville1923–1954
The Tri-County AmericanFrazeysburg1926–1933
Dresden SockdolagerDresden1932–1999
Homecomers' HeraldDresden1932–1932
The Dresden Transcript Tri-County AmericanDresden1933–1944
The Zanesville HeraldZanesville1936–1940
The Zanesville NewsZanesville1939–1954
The Transcript Tri-County AmericanDresden1944–1957
The Jefferson JournalDresden1949–1950
Post-TranscriptDresden1959–1989
The Times Recorder and Zanesville SignalZanesville1959–1965
The Times RecorderZanesville1965–?
New Concord LeaderNew Concord1967–1987
The LeaderNew Concord1987–?
Dresden Village NewsDresden1990–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

68 of 84 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

84 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
"S" Bridge IINew ConcordStructure1973
Adams, George W., HouseTrinwayBuilding1979
Adena Court ApartmentsZanesvilleBuilding1980
Alameda ApartmentsZanesvilleBuilding1982
Arlington HotelZanesvilleBuilding1982
Baker Brothers Wholesale GroceryZanesvilleBuilding2023
Baltimore and Ohio DepotZanesvilleBuilding1983
Baughman Memorial ParkFrazeysburgSite1979
Belt Line and New York Central Freight HouseZanesvilleBuilding1983
Black-Elliott BlockZanesvilleBuilding1979
Blocksom-Rolls HouseZanesvilleBuilding1979
Brendel, Charles, HouseZanesvilleBuilding1980
Brighton-Drydon Historic DistrictZanesvilleDistrict1982
Buckingham-Petty HouseDuncan FallsBuilding1980
Christman, Nicholas, HouseZanesvilleBuilding1978
Christy, Howard Chandler, Art StudioBlue RockBuilding2011
Clossman Hardware StoreZanesvilleBuilding1980
Crescent HillDresdenBuilding1986
Denison, William, HouseAdamsvilleBuilding1982
Downtown Zanesville Historic DistrictZanesvilleDistrict2024
Dresden Suspension BridgeDresdenStructure1978
Factory SiteIronspotBuilding1980
Fairmont Avenue Historic DistrictZanesvilleDistrict1982
Five Mile HouseZanesvilleBuilding1977
Galigher, James, HouseZanesvilleBuilding1979
Glenn, John, Boyhood HomeNew ConcordBuilding2018
Gorsuch, Ernest J., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1980
Hardesty, Ralph, Stone HouseNorwichBuilding1980
Harper, William Rainey, Log HouseNew ConcordBuilding1978
Harper-Cosgrave BlockZanesvilleBuilding1980
Harris, William B., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1978
Headley Inn., Smith House And FarmZanesvilleBuilding1978
Hunter, James, Stone HouseAdamsvilleBuilding1980
Johnston-Crossland HouseZanesvilleBuilding1982
Kearns, George and Edward, HousesZanesvilleBuilding1979
Lafayette Lodge No. 79ZanesvilleBuilding1978
Lash, William D., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1978
Lilienthal BuildingZanesvilleBuilding1980
Lind ArcadeZanesvilleBuilding1982
Locust Site (33MU160)NashportSite1985
Masonic Temple BuildingZanesvilleBuilding1990
McClelland, Harry S., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1980
McCully Log HouseNew ConcordBuilding1982
McIntire Terrace Historic DistrictZanesvilleDistrict1979
Mound HouseDuncan FallsBuilding1979
Mount Zion Presbyterian ChurchChandlersvilleBuilding1978
Muskingum College Campus Historic DistrictNew ConcordDistrict1979
Muskingum College Campus Historic District (Boundary Increase)New ConcordDistrict2021
Muskingum County Courthouse And JailZanesvilleBuilding1973
Muskingum River Lock No. 10 And CanalZanesvilleDistrict1978
Nashport MoundNashportSite1973
New Concord-Union High SchoolNew ConcordBuilding2024
Ohio Power CompanyZanesvilleBuilding1980
Paul Hall, Muskingum CollegeNew ConcordBuilding1973
Peairs HomesteadZanesvilleBuilding1979
Philo II Archeological DistrictPhiloDistrict1978
Pioneer SchoolZanesvilleBuilding2023
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis DepotZanesvilleBuilding1983
Prospect PlaceTrinwayBuilding1979
Putnam Historic DistrictZanesvilleDistrict1975
Ransbottom, C. W., HouseRosevilleBuilding1980
Ransbottom, Edward, HouseRosevilleBuilding1980
Ransbottom, Frank M., HouseRosevilleBuilding1980
Ransbottom, Mort, HouseRosevilleBuilding1980
Rider, Adam, HouseRosevilleBuilding1979
Roseville High SchoolRosevilleBuilding1978
Salt Creek Covered BridgeNorwichStructure1974
Seborn, Frederick Augustus, HouseZanesvilleBuilding1978
Smith, William R., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1982
St. James Episcopal ChurchZanesvilleBuilding1978
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchStovertownBuilding1980
St. John's Lutheran ChurchZanesvilleBuilding1982
St. Nicholas's Catholic ChurchZanesvilleBuilding1975
St. Thomas Aquinas ChurchZanesvilleBuilding1980
Stormont, David, HouseNew ConcordBuilding1983
Tannehill, Capt. James Boggs, HouseZanesvilleBuilding1979
Tanner, William C., HouseZanesvilleBuilding1979
Tavener-Sears TavernMount SterlingBuilding1982
US Post Office and Federal Building-ZanesvilleZanesvilleBuilding1988
West Union SchoolNorwichBuilding1978
West ViewZanesvilleBuilding1982
Wiles, Perry, Grocery CompanyZanesvilleBuilding1980
Y BridgeZanesvilleStructure1973
Zanesville YWCAZanesvilleBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Muskingum was formed in 1804 (1804-03-01) from Fairfield, Washington, a small piece of COLUMBIANA.

MUSKINGUM created from FAIRFIELD, WASHINGTON, and a small piece of COLUMBIANA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Muskingum County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

86k48k10k1810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,03617,82438,74944,41649,77453,18557,98069,79574,53579,15983,34084,58586,410

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

110 cemeteries and 25 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 110 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery40.13539-81.88242
Adamsville Baptist Cemetery40.06923-81.88013
Allens Cemetery39.76395-81.86263
Antioch Cemetery39.78957-81.96375
Ark Springs Baptist Cemetery39.80895-81.74235
Baxter Cemetery40.01756-82.04486
Beatty Cemetery40.05006-81.95957
Bethel Methodist Cemetery39.85567-82.02291
Bethel Methodist Cemetery40.03701-81.79846
Bethesda Cemetery40.12173-81.89707
Bethlehem Cemetery39.79809-81.85245
Bethlehem Cemetery40.02627-82.10141
Beulah Baptist Cemetery40.01534-82.18625
Black Log Cemetery40.01196-82.06969
Bloomfield Cemetery40.04923-81.73818
Blue Rock Baptist Cemetery39.81923-81.81846
Blue Rock Cemetery39.78866-81.92922
Bowers Cemetery39.98964-81.9143
Brush Creek Cemetery39.8695-81.98572
Bunting Cemetery40.00981-81.90247
Carr Cemetery40.00145-81.82763
Chandlersville Cemetery39.89617-81.82846
Cody Cemetery40.12727-82.09492
Covenanter Cemetery40.08866-82.04951
Crooked Creek Cemetery39.98423-81.74485
Crooks Cemetery39.99507-82.06152
Dove Cemetery40.11639-82.16791
Dozer Cemetery39.78562-81.95069
Dresden Cemetery40.11782-82.00673
Duncan Falls Cemetery39.87196-81.90502
Ebenezer Cemetery39.78284-82.05514
Emler Methodist Cemetery40.13313-81.80185
Fairview Cemetery39.78218-81.98194
Fairview Cemetery40.09756-81.84763
Fairview Methodist Cemetery39.92256-81.91819
Finley Cemetery39.97617-82.07597
Frazeysburg Cemetery40.1234-82.12347
Fultonham Cemetery39.85784-82.13847
Garnger Cemetery40.02617-82.01597
Gaysport Cemetery39.79506-81.89291
Greenwood Cemetery39.94339-81.98624
Hoppers Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery40.11888-82.07592
Irish Ridge Cemetery39.8386-81.96366
Irville-Nashport Cemetery40.05003-82.12577
Lewis Cemetery39.90546-81.94936
Lytlesburg Cemetery39.77979-81.74652
Mattingly Settlement Cemetery40.04062-82.06958
Maysville Methodist Cemetery40.15451-81.80068
McKendree Cemetery39.90487-82.07271
McNaughton Cemetery39.87058-81.77974
McNeals Cemetery40.10327-81.74118
Mount Calvary Cemetery39.94395-82.03152
Mount Olive Cemetery39.94589-81.97624
Mount Olive Lutheran Cemetery39.98645-82.19319
Mount Sterling Cemetery39.95811-82.14625
Mount Zion Cemetery39.85979-81.74818
Mount Zion Christian Cemetery40.14479-82.1157
Moxahala Cemetery39.92707-82.00509
Muskingum Presbyterian Cemetery40.05312-82.06847
New Concord Cemetery39.9984-81.74429
New Hope Lutheran Cemetery40.06979-81.85179
Norwich Methodist Cemetery39.98618-81.79263
Norwich United Presbyterian Cemetery39.98256-81.79624
Oakland Methodist Cemetery39.79006-81.78624
Old Saint Nicholas Catholic Cemetery39.94006-81.98374
Otsego Methodist Cemetery40.12423-81.76346
Perry Cemetery40.02493-82.17199
Philo Cemetery39.85895-81.91319
Pleasant Grove Cemetery39.95117-81.96069
Pleasant Hill Cemetery39.9784-81.73457
Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery40.01089-82.1293
Prosser Cemetery39.9932-82.0042
Rich Hill Cemetery39.90368-81.75679
Richardson Cemetery40.11229-81.76318
Roberts Cemetery39.86312-82.12903
Rock Spring Cemetery39.92729-81.80707
Rose Hill Cemetery39.83562-82.06847
Ruraldale Cemetery39.77478-81.84069
Saint Anns Cemetery39.85562-81.90846
Saint James Cemetery39.83184-81.98754
Historical populated places — 25 of 25
NameLatLon
Brookover39.92396-81.93402
Carlwick39.91674-81.90124
Claypools40.04007-82.16986
Confederate Crossroads39.83674-81.85791
Deadmans40.01673-81.97513
Ferncliff40.11924-81.83235
Jackson39.95562-81.93291
Lawton39.89201-81.87124
Lewis39.88146-82.03958
Maddens40.00729-81.98319
Muskingum39.8934-82.02208
Oakland39.94035-81.97819
Opera39.90951-82.16264
Pierce39.89368-81.88347
Pleasant Valley40.01784-82.12542
Rich Hill39.90924-81.7518
Roberts39.85507-82.06486
Saint Clair39.86174-81.70124
Sealover39.87229-81.96569
Seawright39.89868-81.85208
Smith39.88924-81.80319
Tremleys40.02923-81.99347
Wakatomika40.1209-82.01097
White Eyes Town39.87229-81.90541
Wills Town40.15368-81.91236

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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