New Philadelphia

New Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The county's largest city, it is located 71mi south of Cleveland, 119mi northeast of Columbus on the Tuscarawas River, and 397mi west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.New Philadelphia was established in 1804. Because of the presence of coal and clay, early industry in the city centered on mining interests and the manufacture of steel, canned goods, roofing tile, sewer pipe, bricks, vacuum cleaners, stovepipes, carriages, flour, brooms, and pressed, stamped, and enameled goods. The population was 17,288 at the 2010 census.New Philadelphia is adjacent to the city of Dover, which is almost the same size. It is one of the principal cities of the New Philadelphia–Dover, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Tuscarawas County, and is part of the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.HistoryThe Moravian Church founded Schoenbrunn ("beautiful spring") in 1772 as a mission to the Delaware Indians. The settlement grew to include sixty dwellings and more than 300 inhabitants who drew up Ohio's first civil code and built its first Christian church and schoolhouse. Problems associated with the American Revolution prompted Schoenbrunn's closing in 1777.