where is zanesville, ohio
Located on I-70 fifty miles east of Columbus, Zanesville is the county seat and largest city (population 25,586) in Muskingum County. Zanesville was founded in 1797 by John McIntire on land deeded by his father-in-law, Ebenezer Zane. It was Zane who led a party of men to cut a road (Zane's Trace) from Wheeling, WV southeastward to Maysville, KY, leading to the establishment of Zanesville, Lancaster and Chillicothe at major river crossings.