COSHOCTON, a city of Ohio, U.S.A., Tom. E.N.E. of Co lumbus, at the confluence of the Tuscarawas and the Walhonding rivers to form the Muskingum; the county seat of Coshocton county. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Wheeling and Lake Erie railways. The population in 1920 was 10,847; 1930 it was 10,908. The city is built on a series of four broad terraces, rising to 824ft. above sea-level and commanding fine views of the valley. It ships coal, grain, flour, live stock and wool in large quantities, and has important manufactures, especially of adver tising novelties. The factory output in 1927 was valued at Coshocton occupies the site of an Indian village of the same name which was destroyed by the whites in 1781. It was founded in i 8o 1; became the. county seat in 181 i ; and was incorporated in 1833. Until 1811 it was called Tuscarawas.