Derwent is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in central Valley Township

Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Valley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,378 people in the township, 1,939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

Guernsey County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 40,087. Its county seat is Cambridge and is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers came....

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States

United States

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. It is located near the southern border of Guernsey County with Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

Noble County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,645. Its county seat is Caldwell. Noble County is named for Rep. Warren P. Noble of the Ohio House of Representatives, who was an early settler there.-History:...

.

Derwent lies is southeastern Ohio, a part of the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau

Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau

The Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau is located in an arc around southeastern Ohio into western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This area is a dissected plateau, characterized by sandstone, shale, and many coal seams...

 region. It is located about seven miles from Senecaville Lake

Senecaville Lake

Seneca Lake is a reservoir in Guernsey and Noble Counties, Ohio. It is located approximately southeast of Cambridge near the village of Senecaville, Ohio. The lake is popular among recreation and fishing enthusiasts and was formerly referred to as Senecaville Lake.-History:Senecaville Dam was...

. State Route 313

Ohio State Route 313

State Route 313 is a long east–west state highway located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 313 is at a T-intersection with SR 146 approximately northwest of the village of Cumberland...

 (Clay Pike Road) runs on the southern edge of Derwent, and its interchange with Interstate 77

Interstate 77

Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...

 is only a little over a mile away. Major cities nearby include Zanesville

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...

 (33.5 miles) and Marietta

Marietta, Ohio

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...

 (40 miles). The intersection of two cross-country highways (77

Interstate 77

Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...

 and 70

Interstate 70

Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride near Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Interstate Highway project in the United States. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 east of the Rocky...

) is only eight miles away.

The Penn Central rail line ran through the eastern portion of Derwent (heading south to Marietta, Ohio) and which crossed the Baltimore and Ohio rail line ran immediately to the south, heading toward Cumberland, Ohio and which eventually terminated at the Muskingum Electric Railroad

Muskingum Electric Railroad

The Muskingum Electric Railroad was a private coal-carrying railroad owned by American Electric Power, and started operation in 1968. MERR shuttled coal in two trains from the mine to a powerplant at Relief, Ohio , a distance of 20 miles. The trains were driverless and powered by automated General...

. The former Penn Central line is in the process of being rebuilt by the Byesville Scenic Railway.