Local events in Coshocton
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Lakes near Coshocton
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Deep dives about Coshocton
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- Ohio's Native Nations, 1650-1843Ohio's historic Native nations were mostly newcomers of the 1720s-1750s, not ancient residents, and by 1843 every one had been forced out of the state.
- The First Europeans in OhioMarquette saw the Ohio's mouth in 1673, but the first European known by name to live in Ohio was a French trader on the Cuyahoga around 1742.
- The Mound Builder MythOhio's earthworks were long blamed on a vanished 'lost race,' a myth that helped justify Indian Removal and outlived its 1894 federal debunking.
Notable people from Coshocton
Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans
Captain Pipe (Hopocan)c. 1725-c. 1818Lenape (Delaware) leader of the Wolf clan who signed the 1778 Treaty of Fort Pit...
Cornstalk (Hokoleskwa)1720-1777Shawnee war leader of the Mekoche division whose town stood on the Pickaway Plai...- WEWhite Eyesc. 1730-1778Lenape (Delaware) speaker and principal chief in the Muskingum valley who kept h...
History from Coshocton
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How Coshocton began
Coshocton sits at the forks where the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers join to form the Muskingum, on the ground of Goschachgunk, the Lenape (Delaware) capital destroyed by a Continental Army expedition in 1781. American settlers platted the site as Tuscarawa in 1802 and it was renamed Coshocton and made the county seat when the county organized in 1811. The Ohio and Erie Canal reached the adjoining port of Roscoe in 1830, and from the 1880s into the 20th century Coshocton became a national center of trade-card and specialty-advertising printing. The Great Flood of 1913 ended the canal era and reshaped the town; today Coshocton is the Coshocton County seat and Roscoe Village survives as a restored canal-era historic district.
Settled 1801-1802 (American settlement following the 1781 destruction of Goschachgunk), platted 1802, as the town of Tuscarawa, incorporated 1811, renamed Coshocton and made county seat, by American settlers platting over the former Lenape town site; exact platter not confirmed in sources consulted.
Where the name comes from
Coshocton is an anglicizing of the Lenape (Delaware) name for the town at the forks, Goschachgunk. Sources give several possible Unami Lenape roots and meanings: Koshaxkink, 'where there is a river crossing,' altered to Koshaxktun, 'ferry' or river-crossing device; others translate it as 'union of the waters,' 'black bear town,' or 'where the black bass are.' No single meaning is settled in the sources checked, but all agree the word describes the meeting of the rivers at this spot.
Before the town
The forks of the Muskingum were the site of Goschachgunk ('Blackbear Town'), the principal town and capital of the Lenape (Delaware) Nation in the Ohio Country from the mid-1770s, built along the river bank below the junction in two parallel rows of log-and-bark houses with a council house. Delaware leader Netawatwees (and later White Eyes) governed from Goschachgunk; in March 1777 a Great Council there, under White Eyes, voted to refuse the British war hatchet and stay neutral in the Revolutionary War, a decision that helped the American cause. A Moravian mission town for Christian Munsee/Delaware converts, Lichtenau (also recorded as Indaochaic), was founded near the forks in the same period, separate from the better-known Moravian towns of Gnadenhutten and Schoenbrunn, which lie in present Tuscarawas County, not here. In April 1781 Continental Army colonel Daniel Brodhead led about 150 regulars and 134 Pennsylvania militia down from Fort Pitt, first destroying the neutral Lichtenau mission (April 20) and then attacking Goschachgunk itself: about 20 Lenape were killed in the fighting, 16 captured warriors were marched out of town and executed, and 20 non-combatants were taken prisoner; the town and council house were burned. The nearby Moravian towns on the Tuscarawas were spared after Brodhead judged them neutral. The destruction ended Goschachgunk as a Lenape capital and the Delaware towns in the area were abandoned in the years that followed as removal pressure continued through the 1780s-1790s. No mound-builder (Adena/Hopewell/Fort Ancient) sites specific to the city of Coshocton were found in the sources checked.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware).
- Goschachgunk (village) — at the forks of the Muskingum, on the site of present downtown Coshocton, mid-1770s-1781 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Lichtenau (Indaochaic) (village) — near the forks, close to Goschachgunk, 1776-1781, Moravian Christian Munsee/Delaware mission town (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — The Lenape (Delaware) Nation establishes its capital, Goschachgunk, at the forks of the Muskingum, with the Moravian mission town of Lichtenau nearby.
- — A Great Council of the Delawares at Goschachgunk, led by White Eyes, votes to refuse the British war hatchet and remain neutral in the Revolutionary War.
- — Colonel Daniel Brodhead's expedition destroys Lichtenau and then Goschachgunk (April 20), killing about 20 Lenape in battle, executing 16 captured warriors, and taking 20 non-combatants prisoner; the town and council house are burned.
- — American settlers lay out the town of Tuscarawa on the site of the former Lenape capital.
- — Coshocton County organizes; the town is renamed Coshocton and designated county seat.
- — James Calder founds the adjoining settlement of Caldersburgh, across the river from Coshocton, later renamed Roscoe.
- — The first Ohio and Erie Canal boat, the Monticello, lands at Roscoe on August 21, and Caldersburgh is renamed Roscoe (after English writer William Roscoe) as it becomes a canal port.
- — The current Coshocton County Courthouse, a Second Empire design by the Meadville, Pennsylvania firm Carpenter & Williams, is built at a cost of about $100,000 and dedicated in July 1875.
- — W.W. Shaw & Co. begins making advertising trade cards in Coshocton, the start of the town's specialty-advertising printing industry.
- — Jasper Meek founds the Tuscarora Advertising Company and Henry Beach founds the Standard Advertising Company, both in Coshocton, making tin advertising signs and trays.
- — Meek and Beach's merged firm is renamed The American Art Works; a postcard photograph of Coshocton's courthouse square from around this time survives in the Columbus Metropolitan Library's collection.
- — The Great Flood of March 1913 devastates the Muskingum watershed, kills 11 people and damages 69 bridges in the watershed, and ends commercial use of the Ohio and Erie Canal, closing the canal era at Roscoe.
- — The American Art Works, by then Coshocton's dominant advertising-art manufacturer, produces 72 million pieces in a single year.
- — Shaw-Barton, Inc. is founded when investors led by Jay S. Shaw buy the calendar and specialty-advertising division of The American Art Works.
- — Retired industrialist Edward E. Montgomery buys the 1840 Toll House at Roscoe and begins restoring the old canal town as a living-history site.
- — The Coshocton County Courthouse (May 22) and Roscoe Village (April 3) are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- — Coshocton's population peaks at 13,747; it stood at 11,050 in the 2020 census.
Stories
The capital at the forks, and its end
By the mid-1770s the Lenape (Delaware) Nation had made Goschachgunk, at the forks of the Muskingum, its principal town: two rows of log-and-bark houses along the riverbank, a council house, and a nearby Moravian mission town called Lichtenau where Christian converts lived. In March 1777 a Great Council of the Delawares met there under chief White Eyes and chose neutrality over joining the British side in the Revolutionary War, a decision that mattered to the American war effort. That neutrality did not save the town. In April 1781, Continental Army colonel Daniel Brodhead led 150 regulars and 134 Pennsylvania militia down from Fort Pitt. On April 20 they burned Lichtenau, then hit Goschachgunk itself in three columns: about 20 Delawares died fighting, 16 captured warriors were marched out of town and killed, and 20 non-combatants were taken prisoner before the town and its council house were burned. Brodhead spared the separate Moravian towns further up the Tuscarawas after judging them neutral. Coshocton today sits on that ground; the American town platted in 1802 took its name, transliterated, from the Lenape capital it replaced.
The birthplace of advertising art
In January 1884 W.W. Shaw & Co. began printing advertising trade cards in Coshocton, and within a decade the town had become an unlikely national center of the trade. Jasper Meek's Tuscarora Advertising Company grew from three employees in 1887 to more than 300 by 1901; Henry Beach's Standard Advertising Company employed some 350 by 1890. The two rivals merged in 1901 and, after further reorganizing, became The American Art Works in 1908-1910. The firm made trays, signs, thermometers, and calendars, including at least 24 different Coca-Cola advertising trays, and by 1926 was turning out 72 million pieces a year. Coshocton drew on skilled lithographers who had trained in Cincinnati's German-run lithography shops, and for a time in the early 1900s the town is said to have had more working artists in residence than any American city besides New York. In 1940 a group led by Jay S. Shaw bought the American Art Works' calendar division and founded Shaw-Barton, carrying the trade into the mid-20th century. The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in Roscoe Village keeps a collection of this advertising art today.
Roscoe: a canal port, drowned by the flood that ended the canal era
James Calder founded Caldersburgh across the river from Coshocton in 1816. It stayed a small settlement until the Ohio and Erie Canal reached it and the first boat, the Monticello, tied up on August 21, 1830; the town was renamed Roscoe, after the English writer and abolitionist William Roscoe, and grew into the canal's fourth-busiest wheat port, with blacksmith shops, cooperages, mills, hotels, and stores serving the boat traffic. Railroads had already been eating into canal business for decades when the Great Flood of March 1913 hit the Muskingum watershed, killing 11 people and wrecking 69 bridges across the watershed and effectively ending commercial canal traffic in Ohio for good. Roscoe declined for half a century afterward until 1968, when retired industrialist Edward E. Montgomery bought the surviving 1840 Toll House and began restoring the old port as a place where visitors could walk into the 19th century. Roscoe Village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and today sits inside the city of Coshocton as a restored canal-era historic district.
A courthouse built to last
Coshocton County's first courthouse, built in 1824 for about $2,000, was a modest two-story building with a central bell tower on the public square. It was replaced in 1873-1875 by a much larger Second Empire courthouse designed by the Meadville, Pennsylvania firm Carpenter & Williams, apparently modeled in part on Chapman Hall at Mount Union College in Alliance. The new building cost about $100,000, some fifty times the almost $2,000 the county's first courthouse had cost, and was finished with red brick, stone quoins, a mansard roof with elaborate dormers, arched second-floor windows, and a Palladian window in its central tower; the clock faces from the 1824 courthouse were salvaged and reused. Dedicated in July 1875 and only lightly remodeled since (in 1954), it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973, and still serves as the seat of Coshocton County government at 318 Main Street.
Photographs
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Historic places
5 places in Coshocton on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Coshocton County CourthouseBuilding · Coshocton · listed 1973
- Address
- Courthouse Sq.
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County · ZIP 43812
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1973
- NRIS reference number
- 73001402
- Coordinates
- 40.27426, -81.86624
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Johnson-Humrickhouse HouseBuilding · Coshocton · listed 1974
- Address
- 302 S. 3rd St.
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County · ZIP 43812
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1974
- NRIS reference number
- 74001424
- Coordinates
- 40.27047, -81.86678
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Lee, Samuel, HouseBuilding · Coshocton · listed 1979
- Address
- 306 4th St
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County · ZIP 43812
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79001796
- Coordinates
- 40.27661, -81.86497
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Meek, J.F., BuildingsBuilding · Coshocton · listed 1985
- Address
- 546 Chestnut St. and 213-215 N. Sixth St.
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County · ZIP 43812
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1985
- NRIS reference number
- 85000033
- Coordinates
- 40.27502, -81.86178
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Old Union SchoolBuilding · Coshocton · listed 1984
- Address
- 310 Sycamore St.
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County · ZIP 43812
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1984
- NRIS reference number
- 84000127
- Coordinates
- 40.27750, -81.86675
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Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Wells in a buried sand-and-gravel valley aquifer just off State Route 83 N, near where Mill Creek meets the Walhonding River north of downtown Coshocton The water here
- Coshocton99% of residentsSand & gravel aquifer near Walhonding River/Mill Creek valley (wells)
- Bomac Mobile Home Park1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Coshocton's boundary: 1 hospital, 2 health centers, 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 2 private schools, 2 libraries, 6 museums, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 4 Superfund sites, 12 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Hospitals (1)
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Coshocton Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Coshocton
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1460 Orange Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Beds
- 56
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Phone
- (740) 622-6411
- Medicare ID
- 360109
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Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.
Community health centers (2)
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Muskingum Valley Health Center - Coshocton UCHealth center · Coshocton
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.26969, -81.87324
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Muskingum Valley Health CentersHealth center · Coshocton
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.25996, -81.86453
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Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.
Nursing homes (2)
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Altercare Coshocton Inc.3 of 5 stars · Coshocton
- Address
- 1991 Otsego Avenue, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Certified beds
- 74
- Residents on an average day
- 67
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- ALTERCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (740) 622-2074
- Medicare ID
- 365890
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Roscoe Gardens Skilled Nursing and Rehab2 of 5 stars · Coshocton
- Address
- 100 South Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Certified beds
- 72
- Residents on an average day
- 61
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 fine totalling $60,645 (latest 2024-05-14)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (740) 622-1220
- Medicare ID
- 365880
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Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Coshocton Fire DepartmentCoshocton
- Address
- 325 South 7th Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Coordinates
- 40.27044, -81.85997
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Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (3)
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Coshocton Elementary3.5 of 5 stars · Coshocton
- Address
- 1203 Cambridge Rd, Coshocton, OH 43812
- School district
- Coshocton City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 880
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 50
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 71.8%
- Ohio building IRN
- 081810
- NCES school ID
- 390438204152
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Coshocton High School3.5 of 5 stars · Coshocton
- Address
- 1205 Cambridge Rd, Coshocton, OH 43812
- School district
- Coshocton City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 639
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 39
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 75.4%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 95.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 007427
- NCES school ID
- 390438200754
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Coshocton Opportunity SchoolCoshocton
- Address
- 1205 Cambridge Rd, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 53
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 5.5
- NCES school ID
- 390033104868
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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Sacred Heart Elementary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Coshocton
- Address
- 39 Burt Ave, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 104
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 8.9
- Students per teacher
- 11.6854
- Phone
- (740) 622-3728
- NCES private school ID
- 01059541
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Sacred Heart SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Coshocton
- Address
- 39 Burt Ave, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 104
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 7.4
- Students per teacher
- 14.0541
- Phone
- (740) 622-3728
- NCES private school ID
- A1302480
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (2)
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Coshocton County District LibraryCentral library · Coshocton
- Address
- 655 Main St., Coshocton, OH 43812
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Coshocton County District Library
- Open
- 2,912 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 24,320 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 115,180
- System's loans, FY2024
- 312,386
- People the system serves
- 33,676
- Phone
- (740) 622-0956
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Coshocton County District Library BsBookmobile stop · Coshocton
- Address
- 655 Main St., Coshocton, OH 43812
- What it is
- Bookmobile stop
- Library system
- Coshocton County District Library
- Open
- 894 hours a year, 49 weeks
- System's visits, FY2024
- 115,180
- System's loans, FY2024
- 312,386
- People the system serves
- 33,676
- Phone
- (740) 622-0956
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Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (6)
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Clary GardensArboretum or botanical garden · Coshocton
- What it is
- Arboretum or botanical garden
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.27515, -81.88146
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Coshocton County Archaeological And Historical SocietyHistorical society · Coshocton
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.25778, -81.83585
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Helmick Covered BridgeHistorical society · Coshocton
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.26725, -81.85658
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Johnson-Humrickhouse MuseumMuseum · Coshocton
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.27048, -81.85922
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Ohio Genealogical SocietyHistorical society · Coshocton
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.27048, -81.85922
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Roscoe Village FoundationMuseum · Coshocton
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Coshocton
- Coordinates
- 40.28210, -81.87708
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Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Coshocton County Sheriff's OfficeCoshocton
- Address
- 328 Chestnut Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Coordinates
- 40.27580, -81.86581
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Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (2)
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COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER EV2 Level 2 · Coshocton
- Address
- 124 N 5th St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
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COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONEREV24 Level 2 · Coshocton
- Address
- 171 N Whitewoman St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- Ports
- 4 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
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Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Superfund sites (4)
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Browns Ln and Plum StSuperfund program · Coshocton
- Address
- Intersection of Browns Ln and Plum St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- -- Not Defined -- County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000522072
- EPA registry ID
- 110071826570
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General Electric(Coshocton Plant)Superfund program · Coshocton
- Address
- 1350 S 2Nd St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County County
- Status
- Removed from the proposed list
- EPA program ID
- OHD004302428
- EPA registry ID
- 110067883473
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Park HotelSuperfund program · Coshocton
- Address
- 325 Main St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000510046
- EPA registry ID
- 110022918592
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Steel Ceilings IncSuperfund program · Coshocton
- Address
- 500 N Third St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000507840
- EPA registry ID
- 110000617253
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Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (12)
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Ansell Protective Products, IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 1300 Walnut Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812DMNTD1300W
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384682
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Buckeye Fabric Finishing CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 1260 E. Main St., Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812BCKYF1260E
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384655
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Excello Fabric Finishers, Inc. (0616010036)Toxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 806 S. Second Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 43812XCLLF806S2
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384753
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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General Electric(Coshocton Plant)Toxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 1350 South 2Nd Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812GNRLL1350S
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384708
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Kraft Heinz Foods CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 1660 S 2Nd St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 43812CSHCT1660S
- EPA registry ID
- 110000538053
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mfm Building Products Corp.Toxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 525 Orange St., Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812MFMBL525OR
- EPA registry ID
- 110031249691
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ofco IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 111 N. 14Th St., Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812FCNCX111NO
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384691
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oxford Mining Co IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 544 Chestnut Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812XFRDM544CH
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384762
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pretty ProductsToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 437 Cambridge Rd., Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812PRTTY437CA
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384717
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sancast IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 535 Clow Ln, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812SNCST535CL
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384726
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Smurfit Stone Container Enterprises IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 500 North 4Th Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812STNCN500N4
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384735
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Steel Ceilings IncToxics Release Inventory · Coshocton
- Address
- 500 N Third St, Coshocton, OH 43812
- County
- Coshocton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43812STNCN500NO
- EPA registry ID
- 110000617253
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (3)
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Material Undetermined / Other2022-03-15 · Coshocton
- Reported
- 2022-03-15
- What spilled
- Material Undetermined / Other
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000333
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-03-26 · Coshocton
- Reported
- 2021-03-26
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 10 gallons
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2103EPA0000408
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Human2026-07-03 · Coshocton
- Reported
- 2026-07-03
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Coshocton, Coshocton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2607EPA0001196
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Coshocton, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43812 Coshocton | 59% | Wells in a buried sand-and-gravel valley aquifer just off State Route 83 N, near where Mill Creek meets the Walhonding River north of downtown Coshocton | 9.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1950 | Coshocton City · 3.5 stars overall | 4.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Coshocton, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council, Ward 4 | Kayley Andrews (REP) 733, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council, Ward 3 | Jackie Salmans (REP) 742, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council, Ward 2 | Chad Johnson (DEM) 365, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council, Ward 1 | NON P. Michael Gross 239, 52.18%; Bob Fetters (DEM) 219, 47.82% |
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Steven D. Mercer (REP) 1,090, 38.34%; Mark Mills (DEM) 1,753, 61.66% |
| 2019-11-05 | Director of Law | Robert A. Skelton (DEM) 2,081, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 8 / 2 / 7; 2021 7 / 0 / 10; 2022 1 / 1 / 15; 2023 2 / 0 / 15; 2024 1 / 3 / 13; 2025 2 / 2 / 12.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-05-14
- OP&F Examination, 2024, released 2026-04-07
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2025-06-17
- Financial Audit, 2022, released 2024-07-30
The county
Coshocton County: 8 ZIP codes, 25 cities, villages and townships, 33,626 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Coshocton, day by day, from 1887 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.06 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 41.0 in
- 4.0 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 23.3 in
- a normal year brings 23.6 in
- a normal year
- 43.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.06 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 4.93 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 8.48 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.70 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.83 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 5.99 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 3.54 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 5.92 | 2.2 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.52 | 3.5 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.98 | 17.7 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.73 | 11.4 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.31 | 0.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2004 — 59.5 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1930 — 24.3 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 59.8 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 August 1935 — 7.10 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 4 April 1987 — 15.00 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 15 January 1968 — 25.00 in |
83% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside Coshocton; the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.
49,713 days of records, 1887-08-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Coshocton: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 132
- those placed on the map inside Coshocton
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- STANDARD POWER COSHOCTON (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Jan 8, 2025)
- STANDARD POWER HOSTING INFRA COMPANY LLC (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Oct 25, 2022)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 34 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 20 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 15 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 14 |
| Air pollution | 11 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 9 |
| Site assessment | 9 |
| State water loans | 5 |
| Brownfield | 3 |
| Scrap tires | 3 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Beneficial Use | 1 |
| 6 smaller programs |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| EDGEWOOD TERRACE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| COSHOCTON WTP | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| HYDRIA | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| SALENA DRIVE CONDOS | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Medical waste registration | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| EDGEWOOD TERRACE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water monitoring results | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| STEEL CEILINGS INC, COSHOCTON | Voluntary cleanup technical help | |
| COSHOCTON WTP | Beneficial Use permit | |
| EXCELLO FABRIC FINISHERS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| COSHOCTON WTP | Beneficial Use permit | |
| EXCELLO FABRIC FINISHERS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| EDGEWOOD TERRACE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| COSHOCTON PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| EXCELLO FABRIC FINISHERS INC | Air pollution permit | |
| 4TH STREET AMRP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| GE CO COSHOCTON PLT | Voluntary cleanup inspection | |
| MILLER KASER CREMATION SERVICES LLC | Air pollution report | |
| COSHOCTON WWTP | Air pollution report |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Coshocton, Ohio in?
Coshocton is a city in Coshocton County, Ohio, with 11,050 residents.
When was Coshocton, Ohio founded?
Coshocton was settled 1801-1802 (American settlement following the 1781 destruction of Goschachgunk); laid out 1802, as the town of Tuscarawa; incorporated 1811, renamed Coshocton and made county seat. Founders on record: American settlers platting over the former Lenape town site; exact platter not confirmed in sources consulted. Source
How did Coshocton, Ohio get its name?
Coshocton is an anglicizing of the Lenape (Delaware) name for the town at the forks, Goschachgunk. Source
What ZIP code is Coshocton, Ohio?
Most of Coshocton is in ZIP code 43812.
Where does Coshocton, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Coshocton (Coshocton): Wells in a buried sand-and-gravel valley aquifer just off State Route 83 N, near where Mill Creek meets the Walhonding River north of downtown Coshocton.
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