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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 ...
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.
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.
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]
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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 ...
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Ohio's statehouse 1810-1812 and Muskingum county courthouse 1812-1874. The site served as the capitol of Ohio from October 1, 1810, until May 1, 1812, and the 9th and 10th sessions of the Ohio General Assembly met here at the building that was formerly at the site before those sessions were returned to Chillicothe in May 1812. The former ...