- "Tuscarawas," for which the county, river, and village are named, is an Indian word that means "open mouth" or "mouth of the river."
- The county is divided into 22 townships.
- Tuscarawas County is one of the northern-most Appalachian counties in Ohio.
- The county population is 90,914 according to the 2000 Census.
- The village of Strasburg is in the Franklin Township.
- New Philadelphia is the largest city in Tuscarawas County, with 17,056 people.
- The business district of New Philadelphia was laid out as a replica of Philadelphia, PA and the New Philadelphia post office is a replica of Independence Hall.
- Zoar Village, founded in 1817 was a communal society that lived succesfully for over 80 years and was founded by a group of German immigrants lead by Joseph Bimler.
- The "Ohio Swiss Festival" held annually in Sugarcreek is one of the largest and oldest festivals in the state.
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- Ohio became the 17th State in 1803.
- Eight US Presidents were born in Ohio - William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding.
- In 1879, Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically.
- The Ohio born astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
- The first African-American elected to public office was John Mercer Langston. He was elected clerk in Brownhelm, OH in 1854.
- Orville and Wilber Wright, who were the first to successfully fly an airplane, were from Dayton, OH.
- The state bird is the Cardinal.
- The state tree is the Buckeye.
- The state insect is the Ladybug.
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