Wilkshire Hills is an

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and

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(CDP) in Tuscarawas County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. The CDP is on the northern edge of Tuscarawas County, in the northeast corner of Lawrence Township. It is bordered to the northwest by the village of Bolivar, to the south by the village of Zoar, to the east by Sandy Township, and to the north by Pike Township and Bethlehem Township in Stark County. Wilkshire Golf Course is in the western part of the CDP. Ohio State Route 212 passes through the community, leading northwest into Bolivar and southeast to Sherrodsville.

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passes just to the northwest of Wilkshire Hills, with access from Exit 93 (Bolivar). I-77 leads north to Canton and south the same distance to

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. The

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 ...

forms the western border of Wilkshire Hills. The Tuscarawas, flowing south and west, is the main tributary of the

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, which flows south to the

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Census-designated places in Tuscarawas County, Ohio Census-designated places in Ohio {{TuscarawasCountyOH-geo-stub