Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.[3] The population was 25,487 at the 2010 census.[4]

Zanesville, Ohio
City
Location of Zanesville, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°56′46″N 82°0′44″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Muskingum
Government
• Mayor	Howard Butch Zwelling
Area
• Total	11.5 sq mi (29.8 km2)
• Land	11.2 sq mi (29.1 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation [1]	676 ft (206 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	25,487
• Density	2,276.8/sq mi (879.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	43701-43702
Area code(s)	740
FIPS code	39-88084[2]
GNIS feature ID	1071002[1]
Website	http://www.coz.org/

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.[5] 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 Zanesville Y-Bridge, seen from a high bluff south of the river confluence.

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.