Canal Lewisville is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Coshocton County
Coshocton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,612. Its county seat is Coshocton. The county lies within the Appalachian region of the state. The county was formed on January 31, 18 ...
,
Ohio, in the United States. As of the
2020 census it had a population of 417.
History
Canal Lewisville had its start by the building of the
Ohio Canal
The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on Lake Erie in Cleveland, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth. It also ...
through that territory. It was laid out as a town in 1832 by T. Butler Lewis and others, and named for the former. A post office called Canal Lewisville was established in 1845, and remained in operation until 1915.
Geography
Canal Lewisville is located in east-central Coshocton County on the border of
Keene and
Tuscarawas townships. It is on the north bank of the
Tuscarawas River, northeast (upstream) of its confluence with the
Walhonding River at
Coshocton to form the
Muskingum River, a tributary of the
Ohio.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Coshocton County, Ohio
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