[8] Located 66 miles (106 km) south of Cleveland, it is in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country and is part of a large regional tourism industry.

The Old Town of Millersburg was laid out by Adam Johnson and Charles Miller of Coshocton County in November 1815.

The principal streets were Bridge, High and Market, each four rods wide.

The direction of the former was east and west, and ll rods south of the school land; and was located on the State Road east and west through the county, that crosses the Killbuck near the present mill dam.

Thomas Haskins was the first settler on the town plat, settling there in the spring of 1819, on lot 21, corner of Bridge and High streets.

In the spring of 1820, James Withrow erected a one-and-a-half-story building on Lot 33 cornering on Bridge and High streets and diagonally across them from the Haskins tavern.

In late 1820 a cabin was erected in the northeast corner of the town for a school house.

Harper, a Presbyterian minister, preached in the school house which was the first sermon delivered in Millersburg.

On April 8, 1824, Andrew Johnston and Charles Miller filed a plan for the present town of Millersburg.

The first two residences in the town were built by James French and William Painter.

Papers reported that he was the only black man in the county and had been "annoying people in various ways".

The man was found hanged on the courthouse lawn one morning after several people heard noises during the night.