Place:Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States

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NameNewcomerstown
Alt namesDes Nouveaux Venussource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
Gekelemukpechunksource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
Neighbortownsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
New Camero Townsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
Newcomerssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
Newcommerstownsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39012801
TypeVillage
Coordinates40.274°N 81.602°W
Located inTuscarawas, Ohio, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (Netawatwes) was the leader of the western Delawares here, and they called the village Gekelmukpechunk. Early French traders and English settlers named the village Newcomerstown after the chief. Soon after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the Delawares moved west to Coshocton, about halfway through what is now the next county.

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