Zanesville, Ohio

City
	Location of Zanesville in Muskingum County and the State of Ohio
	Coordinates: 39°57′34″N 82°00′48″W / 39.95944°N 82.01333°WCoordinates: 39°57′34″N 82°00′48″W / 39.95944°N 82.01333°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Muskingum
Named for	Ebenezer Zane
Area
• Total	12.13 sq mi (31.41 km2)
• Land	11.78 sq mi (30.50 km2)
• Water	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km2)
Elevation	768 ft (234 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	24,765
• Density	2,102.83/sq mi (811.92/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	43701–43702
FIPS code	39-88084
GNIS feature ID	1086738
Website	www.coz.org

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States.^[5] The population was 24,765 at the 2020 census.^[3]

It was founded by Ebenezer Zane. Zane had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio. He settled in the area in 1797 with his son-in-law, John McIntire. They put the town at the point where Zane's Trace met the Muskingum River.

From 1810-1812, the city was the second state capital of Ohio.^[6] The National Road runs through Zanesville as U.S. Route 40. Novelist Zane Grey, a descendant of the Zane family, was born in the city.

The Zanesville Y-Bridge, seen from a high bluff south of the river confluence.

The city has two engineering landmarks: the Muskingum River Canal, designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; and the Zanesville Y-Bridge, the only such structure in the United States still in use and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

TV station

Zanesville has 2 TV stations WHIZ-TV and WOUC-TV

Zanesville, Ohio Media

The second Ohio Statehouse, built in 1809
Muskingum County Courthouse (left) and Main Street
The Muskingum River Canal, a major transportation artery in Zanesville in the nineteenth century