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History of Marietta

Succeeding Indigenous cultures lived along the Ohio River and its tributaries for thousands of years. Among them were more than one culture who built earthwork mounds, monuments which generally expressed their cosmology, often with links to astronomical events.Between 100 BC and AD 500, the Hopewell culture built the multi-earthwork complex on the terrace east of the Muskingum River near its mouth with the Ohio. It is now known as the Marietta Earthworks. Developed over many years, it had a large enclosed square, within which were four platform mounds, used for ceremonial purposes and elite residential; another square, and a larger conical mound used for burials. A walled, graded path led to the river's edge.The government of Canada sent Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville in a military expedition to this area in the 18th century, and in 1749 the expedition buried six leaden plates to mark their claim to the Ohio Country. They later ceded their territory east of the Mississippi to the British after the French and Indian War. In 1798, one plate was discovered in Marietta and another was discovered near the Kanawha River. The Marietta Plate was replicated for what is known as the French monument which was erected in the 20th century. Before the importance of the plate was recognized, it had been partially destroyed to make musket balls.In 1770, the future U.S. president George Washington, then a surveyor, began exploring large tracts of land west of his native Virginia.

Marietta by the Numbers

Population

26,485

Median Age

44.5 yrs

Median Household Income

$56,883/yr

Median Home Value

$177,600

Homeownership Rate

69%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)