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ZANESVILLE − The investigation that recently led to the indictment of 14 people accused of participating in a prison drug ring remains open, according to Muskingum County Prosecuting Attorney ...
An Ohio Supreme Court decision involving Muskingum County has changed the way violent crimes are registered in Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court sides with Muskingum County in case challenging Sierah's Law ...
Dillon was born in Canton, Ohio and was a resident of nearby Magnolia. He had a wife and son and was employed for twelve years as a draftsman at the Canton Ohio Waterworks. He graduated in 1972 from Ohio State University in journalism. [5] Between the period of April 1, 1989 to April 5, 1992, Dillon shot and killed five people in Ohio.
The Muskingum Valley near Dresden, seen in 1923 from the "Geography of Ohio" According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 673 square miles (1,740 km 2), of which 665 square miles (1,720 km 2) is land and 8.0 square miles (21 km 2) (1.2%) is water. [12] It is the fourth-largest county in Ohio by land area.
Location of Muskingum County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskingum County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The name Muskingum may come from the Shawnee word mshkikwam 'swampy ground'. [4] The name may also be from Lenape "Machkigen," referring to thorns, or a specific species of thorn bush. [5] Muskingum has also been taken to mean 'elk's eye' (mus wəshkinkw) by folk etymology, as in mus 'elk' [6] + wəshkinkw 'its eye'. [7]
The Muskingum County Courthouse is a historic building in Zanesville, Ohio. It was designed by T.B. Townsend and H. E. Myer, and built in 1870 with stone, brick, and slate in the Second Empire architecture style. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 4th and Main Streets. [2]
Moravian missionary David Zeisberger wrote that the Muskingum River was called Elk's Eye "because of the numbers of elk that formerly fed on its banks." [ 8 ] A Lenape village named Muskingum was established in the area in 1747 and was an important trade center in the early 1750s, until it was devastated by smallpox in the winter of 1752.