The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Conesville is most likely named after Beebe Stewart Cone, who in 1847, with three other men, erected a sizable distillery near the west side of the Muskingum River. A group of houses for workers was built near the distillery, accompanied by several small businesses. The distillery burned down in 1857. Afterward, Cone gave up that business venture and moved on to Muscatine County, Iowa. The distillery was rebuilt by a man named James Beebe, but it also burned down a few years later. Prior to 1840, a man named Delaney purchased land in the same area and planned for it to be named Delaneysville, but it failed as an incorporated entity.
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Start Conesville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conesville’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Conesville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Conesville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Adams-Gray House in Cass, 3.5 miles away.
Conesville and the nearest listed places
Closest to Conesville
Adams-Gray HouseCass · Classical Revival · Built 18403.5mi
Eldridge-Higgins BuildingTuscarawas · Building5.4mi
Johnson-Humrickhouse House (Additional Documentation)Coshocton · Greek Revival6miCoshocton Main Street Historic DistrictCoshocton · District6.3mi
Coshocton County CourthouseCoshocton · Built 18736.3miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.