Trinway 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 northern Cass Township

Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Muskingum County

Muskingum County, Ohio

Muskingum County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,074. Its county seat is Zanesville...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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, in the east-central part of the state. The village is 52 miles east of the state capital of Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

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 and near the town of Dresden

Dresden, Ohio

Dresden is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek. It was incorporated on March 9, 1835...

. Trinway is a rural community of mostly residential architecture.

History

The community was originally known as "Dresden Junction", as it was the point where the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad

Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad

Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad is a railway line which ran from Trinway, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, and connected with the Stuebenville and Indiana Railway at Trinway. Built in 1866 by George Willison Adams this railway was in operation until the 1970s. After the 1950s the line no...

 met the Stuebenville and Indiana Railroad (which later became part of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly called the Pan Handle Route , was a railroad forming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Its common name came from its main line west from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania across the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia...

). It was also the site of the first railroad station for the nearby village of Dresden

Dresden, Ohio

Dresden is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River at the mouth of Wakatomika Creek. It was incorporated on March 9, 1835...

.

Historic structures

There are several buildings of special historic interest in Trinway, including:

• The old Trinway School (1878)
• The Trinway Methodist Church (1868)
• The Cochran House (1862)
• The Prospect Place Mansion (1856)

External links

• Trinway, Ohio demographics