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Welcome to West Zanesville ...

West Zanesville is located in Muskingum County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Zanesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for West Zanesville: W. Zanesville

West Zanesville is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Zanesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for West Zanesville: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near West Zanesville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Zanesville.

  • New Lexington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Crooksville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • New Concord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Roseville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dresden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Frazeysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hanover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanover is located in Licking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
  • Somerset
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Philo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Philo is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <4>
  • Conesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Conesville is located in Coshocton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Zanesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Zanesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Zanesville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Zanesville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Zanesville. See our Newspapers Page for West Zanesville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Zanesville ...

Looking for more information about West Zanesville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Zanesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Zanesville.

Adding West Zanesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Zanesville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Zanesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Zanesville post office opened in 1852. The West Zanesville post office closed in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Zanesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Muskingum, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Zanesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the West Zanesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the West Zanesville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/