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Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (''Netawatwes'') was the leader of the western Delawares here, and they called the village ''Gekelmukpechunk''. Early French traders and English settlers named the village Newcomerstown after the chief.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newcomerstown, Ohio - Ohio History Central )〕 Soon after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the Delawares moved west to Coshocton, about halfway through what is now the next county.〔(History of Newcomerstown, Ohio ), Ohio History, accessed 19 Mar 2010〕 According to some accounts, Newcomerstown was named after an incident that occurred between a Delaware chief and his wife Mary Harris. Chief Eagle Feather grew tired of his wife. He abducted a younger squaw as a second wife and tried to have Harris accept her in her wigwam. Harris allegedly killed Chief Eagle Feather and told the warriors of the village that the young squaw ran away. The warriors hunted the young woman down and killed her. The settlement was thenceforth known as "Newcomerstown", after the squaw.〔() "Incident Among Indians Gave Community Name"], Newcomerstown website〕 In 1900, 2,659 people lived in Newcomerstown; in 1910, 2,943. The population was 3,822 at the 2010 census. ==Geography== Newcomerstown is located at (40.274350, -81.602482), along the Tuscarawas River.〔DeLorme (1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.〕 According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newcomerstown, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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