Southeast Ohio
Southeast Ohio includes rural areas of the state that border West Virginia. This region is very hilly as it lies in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Athens and Zanesville.
Athens
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Athens is a city with a major university and county seat of Athens County (population 68,000 2010 Southeast Ohio, best known for being home to over 29,000 Ohio University students.
Zanesville
Cambridge
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Cambridge is a city in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 10,089 at the 2020 census. It lies in the Appalachian Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains in southeastern Ohio.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Steubenville and New Philadelphia.
Steubenville
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Steubenville, The City of Murals, is a city in Southeast Ohio, it is the county seat of Jefferson County.
New Philadelphia
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New Philadelphia, called New Philly by locals, is a small town and county seat of Tuscawaras County in northeastern Ohio. Its twin city, Dover, is immediately to the northwest. The two towns generally operate as one, and are covered together in this article.
Jackson
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Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States about 27 miles southeast of Chillicothe. Its population was 6,252 at the 2020 census.
Coshocton
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Coshocton is a city in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 11,050 at the 2020 census. It is located approximately 63 miles east-northeast of Columbus.
Marietta
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Marietta is a city of 13,000 people in Southeast Ohio. It is at the confluence of the Muskingum River and Ohio River. Founded in 1788 it is the oldest city in Ohio.
Nelsonville
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Nelsonville is a city in northwestern Athens County, Ohio, United States, located about 60 miles southeast of Columbus. The population was 5,373 at the 2020 census.
Pickerington
Toronto
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Toronto is a city of 4,900 people in Southeast Ohio on the banks of the Ohio River. Toronto is a bedroom community for Steubenville. With a restored historic downtown, homes, and well-maintained parks along a scenic Ohio riverfront.
St. Clairsville
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St. Clairsville is a city of 5,100 people in western Belmont County, Ohio. The city serves as the county seat.
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Gallipolis
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Gallipolis is a village of 3,600 people in Gallia County, in Southeast Ohio. It is just across the Ohio River from Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The name Gallipolis is from the French for "city of the Gauls" because it was settled by a group of French pioneers known as the "French 500".
Barnesville
Caldwell
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Caldwell is in Noble County. Located along the West Fork of Duck Creek, Caldwell is the county seat of Noble County. The village is named for Joseph and Samuel Caldwell, its original landowners.
Newcomerstown
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Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, 85 miles east-northeast of Columbus. The population was 3,702 at the 2020 census.
Zoar
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Zoar is a quaint village of 170 people in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Zoar Village was founded by German religious dissenters called the "Society of Separatists of Zoar", in 1817 as a communal society…
Sugarcreek
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Sugar Creek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. With eight Swiss cheese factories nearby, Sugarcreek is recognised as the center of Swiss Cheese Industry in Ohio.
Hocking Hills State Park
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Hocking Hills State Park and Hocking State Forest are the centerpiece of the Hocking Hills region in Southeast Ohio, in the United States of America.
Wayne National Forest
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The Wayne National Forest is located in the Appalachian part of the US state of Ohio, in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It is the first and only national forest in Ohio.
Southeast Ohio
- Type: region
- Description: region of Ohio
- Also known as: “Appalachian Ohio” and “southeastern Ohio”
- Location: Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
39.43° or 39° 25′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-82.49° or 82° 29′ 24″ westWikidata ID
Q14234625
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Southeast Ohio” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿巴拉契亚俄亥俄”
- Chinese: “阿巴拉契亞俄亥俄”
- Esperanto: “Sudorienta Ohio”
- Hebrew: “דרום-מזרח אוהיו”
- Japanese: “アパラチアン・オハイオ”
- Slovenian: “Apalaški Ohio”
- Slovenian: “Jugovzhodni Ohio”
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