Tuscarawas County ( ) is a
county
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located in the northeastern part of the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 93,263. Its
county seat
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is
New Philadelphia.
Its name is a
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
Indian word variously translated as "old town" or "open mouth".
Tuscarawas County comprises the New Philadelphia–
Dover
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, OH
Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the
Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.
History
For years, European-American colonists on the East Coast did not know much about the territory west of the
Appalachian Mountains
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except for reports from a few explorers and
fur trade
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rs who ventured into the area. In 1750,
Christopher Gist
Christopher Gist (1706–1759) was an explorer, surveyor, and frontiersman active in Colonial America. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country (the present-day states of Ohio, eastern Indiana, western Pennsylvania, and nort ...
of the Ohio Land Company explored the Tuscarawas Valley. His report of the area hinted at some natural riches and friendly
American Indians.
In 1761
Moravian missionaries
A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Mi ...
set out from
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19, ...
, to set up a mission in the Tuscarawas Valley.
Christian Frederick Post Christian Frederick Post (an anglicanization of Christian Friedrich Post) (1710 Polish Prussia - 29 April 1785 Germantown, Pennsylvania) was a missionary of the Moravian Church to the indigenous peoples of the Americas who played a brief but signi ...
,
David Zeisberger
David Zeisberger (April 11, 1721 – November 17, 1808) was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee (Lenape) converts to Christianity in the ...
, and
John Heckewelder
John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (March 12, 1743 – January 21, 1823) was an American missionary for the Moravian Church.
Biography
John Heckewelder was born in Bedford, England and came to Pennsylvania in 1754. After finishing his education, ...
met with Chief
Netawatwees
Netawatwees or King Newcomer (c. 1686–1776, Lenape) was Sachem (principle Chief) and spiritual leader of the Delaware. His name, meaning "skilled advisor" or "first in council," is spelled in a variety of ways including Netaut Twelement, Na-tau ...
of the western
Delaware Indians
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, also known as the "Lenape". He invited them to the tribal village he had founded, Gekelemukpechunk (present-day
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (''Netawatwes'') was t ...
). He granted the missionaries permission to build a cabin near the junction of the Sandy Creek and
Tuscarawas River
The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining a ...
, in present-day
Stark County and begin
evangelizing
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Christians who specialize in evangelism are often known as evangelists, whether they are in ...
the natives. While they were successful in
baptizing
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dozens of converts, they were forced to abandon the mission in 1763 during the
French and Indian War
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(part of the
Seven Years' War
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).
Again, at the request of Chief
Netawatwees
Netawatwees or King Newcomer (c. 1686–1776, Lenape) was Sachem (principle Chief) and spiritual leader of the Delaware. His name, meaning "skilled advisor" or "first in council," is spelled in a variety of ways including Netaut Twelement, Na-tau ...
in 1771,
David Zeisberger
David Zeisberger (April 11, 1721 – November 17, 1808) was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee (Lenape) converts to Christianity in the ...
returned to found additional missions in the Tuscarawas Valley. In the spring of 1772, near the present site of
New Philadelphia, Ohio
New Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The county's largest city, New Philadelphia lies along the Tuscarawas River. The population was 17,677 at the 2020 census. It is a principal city in the ...
, Zeisberger, along with five converted Indian families established the mission of
Schoenbrunn (beautiful spring), also known as Welhik Tuppeek (best spring). They built a school house and a chapel. In August of that year, John Heckawelder brought an additional 250 converted Christian Delawares into the village.
In late summer 1772, they established a second settlement, roughly 10 miles away from Schoenbrunn, called
Gnadenhütten Gnadenhütten (; ) the name of settlements founded by the German Moravian Church. The word was transliterated as ''Canatanheat'' by the missionary
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(cabins of grace). On October 17, 1772, Zeisberger conducted the first religious service at Gnadenhutten. In 1776, Chief Netawatwes donated land for another settlement,
Lichtenau (meadow of light), near present-day
Coshocton, then the principal Delaware village in the region.
![Fort Laurens plaque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Fort_Laurens_plaque.JPG)
The American Revolutionary War brought the demise of these first settlements. The Delawares, who at the time populated much of eastern Ohio, were divided over their loyalties, with many in the west allied with the British out of
Fort Detroit
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a fort established on the north bank of the Detroit River by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and the Italian Alphonse de Tonty in 1701. In the 18th century, Fre ...
and many in the east allied with the Americans out of
Fort Pitt. Delawares were involved in skirmishes against both sides, but by 1781 the American sense was that the Delawares were allying with the British. In response, Colonel
Daniel Brodhead
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Early life
Brodhead was born in Marbletown, New York, the son o ...
of the American forces led an expedition out of
Fort Pitt and on 19 April 1781 destroyed the settlement of
Coshocton. Surviving residents fled to the north. Colonel Brodhead's forces left the Delawares at the other Moravian mission villages unmolested, but the actions set the stage for raised tensions in the area.
In September 1781, British forces and Indian allies, primarily Wyandot and Delaware, forced the Christian Indians and missionaries from the remaining Moravian villages. The Indian allies took their prisoners further west toward Lake Erie to a new village, called Captive Town, on the Sandusky River. The British took the missionaries
David Zeisberger
David Zeisberger (April 11, 1721 – November 17, 1808) was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee (Lenape) converts to Christianity in the ...
and
John Heckewelder
John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (March 12, 1743 – January 21, 1823) was an American missionary for the Moravian Church.
Biography
John Heckewelder was born in Bedford, England and came to Pennsylvania in 1754. After finishing his education, ...
under guard back to
Fort Detroit
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a fort established on the north bank of the Detroit River by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and the Italian Alphonse de Tonty in 1701. In the 18th century, Fre ...
, where the two men were tried (but eventually acquitted) on charges of treason against the British Crown.
![Gnadenhutten monument to the Moravian Christian Indian Martyrs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Gnadenhutten_monument_to_the_Moravian_Christian_Indian_Martyrs.jpg)
The Indians at Captive Town were going hungry because of insufficient rations, and in February 1782, more than 100 returned to their old Moravian villages to harvest the crops and collect the stored food they had been forced to leave behind. In early March 1782, 160 Pennsylvania militia led by
Lieutenant Colonel David Williamson raided the villages and garrisoned the Indians in the village of Gnadenhütten, accusing them of taking part in raids into Pennsylvania. Although the Delawares rejected the charges as they were
pacifist Christians, the militia held a council and voted to kill them. The next morning on 8 March, the militia tied up the Indians, stunned them with mallet blows to the head, and killed them with fatal scalping cuts. In all, the militia murdered and scalped 28 men, 29 women, and 39 children. They piled the bodies of the Moravian Christian Lenape and Moravian Christian Mahicans in the mission buildings and burned the village down. They also burned the other abandoned Moravian villages in the area.
This action, which came to be known as the
Gnadenhutten massacre
The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing of 96 pacifist Moravian Christian Indians (primarily Lenape and Mohican) by U.S. militiamen from Pennsylvania, under the command of David Williamson, on March 8, ...
, caused an outright frontier war to break out between the Delawares and the Americans. After several years of ongoing campaigns by the natives to terrorize and keep out further American settlers, a brutal campaign by
US General "Mad Anthony" Wayne from
Fort Washington (now
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
) was carried out in late 1793, eventually resulting in the
Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Greenville, formally titled Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory (now Midwestern United States), including the Wyandot and Delaware peoples, ...
being signed in 1795 between the US government and the local natives. The Treaty ceded the eastern â…” of current-day Ohio to white settlers and once again opened up the territory for white settlement.
In October, 1798,
David Zeisberger
David Zeisberger (April 11, 1721 – November 17, 1808) was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee (Lenape) converts to Christianity in the ...
, the same Moravian missionary who had founded many of the original missions in the 1770s, returned to the Tuscarawas Valley to found a new mission,
Goshen, from where he continued his work to evangelize the local natives with the Christian gospel. Over the next several years, farmer settlers from Pennsylvania came trickling into the area, and by 1808, the first permanent settlement,
New Philadelphia, was founded near the Goshen mission. After the War of 1812, Goshen declined as a mission until it was disbanded in 1824.
Tuscarawas County was formed from Muskingum County on Feb. 15, 1808.
In the late 1820s, Tuscarawas County was chosen to be on the route of the
Ohio and Erie Canal
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, a man-made waterway linking
Lake Erie
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(via
Cleveland
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) to the
Ohio River
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(via
Portsmouth, Ohio
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). Construction from
Massillon, Ohio
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to
Canal Dover, Ohio was completed in 1829. Construction from Canal Dover, Ohio to
Newark, Ohio
Newark ( ) is a city serving as the county seat of Licking County, Ohio, United States, east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. The population was 49,934 at the 2020 census, which makes it the 15th largest city in ...
was completed in 1830. A total of 15 locks were built in Tuscarawas County, entering the county line on an aqueduct north of
Zoar, Ohio
Zoar is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 169 at the 2010 census. The community was founded in 1817 by Radical Pietists as a utopian Christian community, which survived until 1898.
Much of the village's ...
on Lock 7 to
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (''Netawatwes'') was t ...
, exiting the county below Lock 21. In 1848, the feeder
Sandy and Beaver Canal
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It was chartered in 1828 and completed twenty years l ...
was completed, linking
Bolivar, Ohio
Bolivar (, rhymes with Oliver) is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 994 at the 2010 census. Bolivar is also home to Fort Laurens, the only American Revolutionary War-era fort in what is now Ohio.
History
Sh ...
to the Ohio River at
Glasgow, Pennsylvania
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The borough was named after Glasgow, in Scotland.
Geograp ...
. With the rise of railroads, and a massive
flood in 1913, the canal system was abandoned. Three years later, the city of Canal Dover shortened its name Dover to 1916.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.71%) is water.
Adjacent counties
*
Stark County (north)
*
Carroll County (northeast)
*
Harrison County (southeast)
*
Guernsey County (south)
*
Coshocton County (southwest)
*
Holmes County (northwest)
Demographics
2000 census
As of the census
of 2000, there were 90,914 people, 35,653 households, and 25,313 families residing in the county. The population density was 160 people per square mile (62/km
2). There were 38,113 housing units at an average density of 67 per square mile (26/km
2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.87%
White
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, 0.73%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.17%
Native American, 0.24%
Asian
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** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, 0.05%
Pacific Islander
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, 0.21% from
other races
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, and 0.73% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.71% of the population. 95.3% spoke English, 1.3% German and 1.1% Spanish as their first language.
There were 35,653 households, out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the county, the age distribution of the population shows 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.40 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $35,489, and the median income for a family was $41,677. Males had a median income of $31,963 versus $20,549 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the county was $17,276. About 7.20% of families and 9.40% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over.
2010 census
As of the
2010 United States Census
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, there were 92,582 people, 36,965 households, and 25,318 families residing in the county.
The population density was . There were 40,206 housing units at an average density of .
The racial makeup of the county was 96.6% white, 0.8% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.2% Pacific islander, 0.7% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population.
In terms of ancestry, 38.0% were
German
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** Germania (historical use)
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**Ge ...
, 16.0% were
Irish
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Common meanings
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
, 10.9% were
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, 7.7% were
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
, and 7.6% were
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
.
94.7% spoke
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, 1.4%
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, 1.1%
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
, and 2.0% another
West Germanic language
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.
Of the 36,965 households, 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.5% were non-families, and 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.97. The median age was 40.9 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,081 and the median income for a family was $51,330. Males had a median income of $40,490 versus $27,193 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,536. About 9.2% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Prior to 1912, Tuscarawas County was a Democratic Party stronghold in presidential elections. But starting with the 1912 election, the county has become a bellwether county, only backing losing candidates in 1960, 1968, 2012 and 2020.
Communities
Cities
*
Dover
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*
New Philadelphia (county seat)
*
Uhrichsville
Villages
*
Baltic
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*Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originati ...
*
Barnhill
*
Bolivar
*
Dennison
*
Gnadenhutten
*
Midvale
*
Mineral City
*
Newcomerstown
Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (''Netawatwes'') was ...
*
Parral
*
Port Washington
*
Roswell
*
Schoenbrunn
*
Stone Creek
*
Strasburg
*
Sugarcreek
*
Tuscarawas
*
Zoar
Townships
*
Auburn
*
Bucks
*
Clay
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Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
*
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
*
Fairfield
*
Franklin
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People
* Franklin (given name)
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* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
*
Goshen
*
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*
Lawrence
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* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
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Preparator ...
*
Mill
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*
* Mill (grinding)
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*
Oxford
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Perry
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Rush
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Salem
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Sandy
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Sugar Creek
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Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
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Warren
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Warwick
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Wayne
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York
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Census-designated places
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Dundee
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Sandyville
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Wilkshire Hills
Unincorporated communities
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Barrs Mills
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Bernice
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Blackband
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Columbia
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Eastport
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Gilmore
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Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
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Goshen
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Hartwood
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Lock Seventeen
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Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor ( he, הר תבור) (Har Tavor) is located in Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, west of the Sea of Galilee.
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New Cumberland
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Newport
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Peoli
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Postboy
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Ragersville
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Rockford
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Schoenbrunn
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Somerdale
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Stillwater
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Wainwright
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West Chester
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Winfield
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Wolf
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Yorktown
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Zoarville
Notable people
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Samuel G. Cosgrove,
sixth Governor of the state of
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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William Clarke Quantrill
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
Having endured a tempestuous childhood before later becoming a schoolteacher, Quantrill joined a group of bandits who ...
, Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
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Cy Young
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered th ...
, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
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Woody Hayes
Wayne Woodrow Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University (1946–1948), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1949–1950), and Ohio State University (1951 ...
, former Ohio State football coach.
See also
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References
Further reading
* J.W. Cummins and Earl E. Sanderson, ''The Water Resources of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.'' Columbus, OH: Ohio Water Resources Board, 1947.
* C. Edward DeGraw, ''The Only Game in Town: A History of Baseball in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1867-1955.'' Tuscarawas County Historical Society, c. 1998.
* Federal Writers Project, ''Guide to Tuscarawas County.'' New Philadelphia, OH: Tucker Printing Co., 1939.
* Henry Howe, ''History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1808-1889.'' Knightstown, IN: Bookmark, 1977.
* Herbert P Lohrman and Ralph H Romig, ''Valley of the Tuscarawas: A History of Tuscarawas County.'' Dover, OH: Ohio Hills Publishers, 1972.
* J.B. Mansfield, ''The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, etc.; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Miscellaneous Matters, etc., etc.'' Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884.
* Fred Miller, ''Tuscarawas County, Ohio.'' Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.
* Lloyd E. Mizer, ''History of the Schools in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.'' n.c.: Ohio Retired Teachers Association. Tuscarawas County Chapter, 1993.
* Ohio Retired Teachers Association, Tuscarawas County Chapter, ''History of Early Tuscarawas County Schools.'' New Philadelphia, OH: Printing Dept., Buckeye Joint Vocational School, 1978.
* Earl P. Olmstead, ''A Documentary History of the Ohio & Erie Canal, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.'' New Philadelphia, OH: Tuscarawas County Historical Society and the Tusc-Kent Archives, Kent State University, 1996.
* Edwin S. Rhodes, ''The Centennial History and Atlas of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1908.'' New Philadelphia, OH: Tuscarawas Centennial Association, 1908.
* Julius Miller Richardson, ''A Brief History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.'' n.c.: n.p., n.d.
990s
The 990s decade ran from January 1, 990, to December 31, 999.
Significant people
* Al-Qadir
* Mahmud of Ghazni
* Pope John XV
* Pope Gregory V
Pope Gregory V ( la, Gregorius V; c. 972 – 18 February 999), born Bruno of Carinthia, was the ...
* Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, ''Tuscarawas County, Ohio Cemeteries.'' New Philadelphia, OH: Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, 1981.
External links
Tuscarawas County Government's websiteTuscarawas County Convention & Visitors Bureau's websiteKent State UniversityThe Olmstead Collection, Tuscarawas County Historical Society
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
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Populated places established in 1808