All About Coshocton County
Coshocton County is located in the central eastern part of the state and is bounded by Knox, Holmes, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, Muskingum and Licking counties. The county has a long history. The important deposits of Upper Mercer flint and its position at the “Forks of the Muskingum” have meant that Coshocton County has been settled since Paleoindian times. The Lenape, or Delaware tribe, located their principal village at “the Forks,” giving it the name of Goschachgunk, which was later anglicized to Coshocton. Many settlers passed through Coshocton in the 1800’s due in part to the building of the Ohio and Erie Canal.
Coshocton County is located in the middle of the United States Military District, lands that were reserved by Congress for Continental Army officers and soldiers. Population centers include Coshocton, Warsaw, and West Lafayette. The county’s twenty-two townships are Tiverton, Monroe, Clark, Mill Creek, Crawford, New Castle, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Keene, White Eyes, Adams, Perry, Bedford, Jackson, Tuscarawas, Lafayette, Oxford, Pike, Washington Virginia, Franklin and Linton.
Coshocton County District Library
655 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
Phone: 740 622-0956
Email: coshgen@coshoctonlibrary.org
Web: coshoctonlibrary.org
The Coshocton County District Library makes its local history resources available in the Local History Room. Included in this collection are microfilmed newspapers dating back to 1826, an extensive collection of Family Histories, cemetery records, yearbooks, city/county directories, and much more.
Coshocton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 128, Coshocton, OH 43812-0128
Web: coshoctongenealogy.wordpress.com
The CCCOGS is housed inside the Coshocton County District Library Local History Room. A full list of their publications is provided at their website.
The Roscoe Village Foundation, Inc.
600 N Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
Phone: 740-622-7644
Web: roscoevillage.com
A restored 1830s canal town, historic Roscoe Village is located along what once was the Ohio-Erie Canal. Its mission is to interpret Ohio’s Canal Era. Located in the historic village is the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. Walhonding Valley Historical Society 102 Main Street, PO Box 199, Warsaw, OH 43844 Phone: 740-824-4000 Web: https://www.wvhistoricalsociety.org/ The society operates a museum which highlights artifacts that tell the history of western Coshocton