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Chillicothe ( CHILL-uh-KAW-thee) is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Ross County
Ross County, Ohio

Ross County is a county located in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio, United States established on August 20, 1798. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 73,345....
. The municipality is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River
Scioto River

The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length . It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth, Ohio....
. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha
Chalahgawtha

Chalahgawtha was the name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee, a Native Americans in the United States people, during the 18th century, as well as the name of the principal village of the division....
, meaning "principal town." Plotted by General Nathaniel Massie
Nathaniel Massie

Nathaniel Massie was a frontier surveyor in the Ohio Country who became a prominent land owner, politician, and soldier. He founded fifteen early towns in what became the Ohio, including its first capital, Chillicothe, Ohio....
 on his own land, Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio.

The population was 21,796 at the 2000 census. According to the US Census 2007 estimate, Chillicothe has a population of 22,187, while the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH Combined Statistical Area
Combined Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines United States micropolitan area and United States metropolitan area. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties ....
 has 1,982,252 people.






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Chillicothe ( CHILL-uh-KAW-thee) is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Ross County
Ross County, Ohio

Ross County is a county located in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio, United States established on August 20, 1798. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 73,345....
. The municipality is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River
Scioto River

The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length . It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth, Ohio....
. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha
Chalahgawtha

Chalahgawtha was the name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee, a Native Americans in the United States people, during the 18th century, as well as the name of the principal village of the division....
, meaning "principal town." Plotted by General Nathaniel Massie
Nathaniel Massie

Nathaniel Massie was a frontier surveyor in the Ohio Country who became a prominent land owner, politician, and soldier. He founded fifteen early towns in what became the Ohio, including its first capital, Chillicothe, Ohio....
 on his own land, Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio.

The population was 21,796 at the 2000 census. According to the US Census 2007 estimate, Chillicothe has a population of 22,187, while the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH Combined Statistical Area
Combined Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget defines United States micropolitan area and United States metropolitan area. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties ....
 has 1,982,252 people. The city is the largest in Ross County, and the center of the Chillicothe Micropolitan Statistical Area
United States micropolitan area

United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999....
 (as defined by the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
 in 2003).

History


This was the center of the ancient Hopewell tradition, which flourished from 200 BC until 500 AD. This Amerindian culture had trade routes extending to the Rocky Mountains, and built mounds throughout the Scioto and Ohio river valleys. Later Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 who inhabited the area through the time of European contact included Shawnees.

It was after the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
 that most European settlement came to this area. Migrants from Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
 and Kentucky
Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
 moved west along the Ohio River in search of land. Chillicothe served as the capital of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
 from the beginning of statehood in 1803 until 1810 when Zanesville
Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the United States Census 2000....
 became the capital for two years. The capital was moved to Zanesville as part of a state legislative compromise to get a bill passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate. In 1812 the capital was moved back to Chillicothe.

In 1816 the state legislature voted to move the capital to Columbus
Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
 to have it near the geographic center of the state
Centerburg, Ohio

Centerburg is a village #Ohio in Knox County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the North Fork of the Licking River . As of the United States Census 2000, the village population was 1,432....
, where it would be more accessible.

Migrants to Chillicothe included free blacks, who came to a place with fewer restrictions than in the slave states. They created a vibrant community in Chillicothe, where they aided runaway slaves coming north. As tensions increased prior to the breakout of the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, Chillicothe became an important stop for refugees on the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century African American Slavery in the United States in the United States to escape to free state and Canada with the aid of Abolitionism who were sympathetic to their cause....
. Slaves escaping from the South
The South

The South may refer to:...
 traveled across the Ohio River
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
 to freedom, and then up the Scioto River to get more distance from their former homes and slave hunters. White abolitionists aided the Underground Railroad as well.

Geography

Scioto River
Chillicothe is located at (39.336525, -82.983822).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.2 km˛), of which, 9.5 square miles (24.7 km˛) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km˛) of it (2.05%) is water.

The city is surrounded by farming communities, and Chillicothe residents describe the area as the foothills of the Appalachians
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 21,796 people, 9,481 households, and 5,754 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 2,283.7 people per square mile (882.1/km˛). There were 10,303 housing units at an average density of 1,079.5/sq mi (417.0/km˛). The racial makeup of the city was 89.21% White, 7.51% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.

There were 9,481 households out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the city the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,991, and the median income for a family was $42,477. Males had a median income of $35,199 versus $25,010 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $19,101. About 9.3% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government


Public officials

Chillicothe is governed by a mayor-council structure in which the mayor is elected separately from the members of the city council. Chillicothe's mayor is Joseph P. Sulzer
Joe Sulzer

Joseph P. Sulzer is an United States of America politician of the United States Democratic Party party. He currently holds the office of mayor of Chillicothe, Ohio....
 (D). The members of the city council are

Ward City Councillor Ward City Councillor
First Ward Thomas E. Trutschel (R) At Large Cynthia L. Henderson (R)
Second Ward Nancy Ames (R) At Large
Third Ward Queen Lester (D) At Large Napoleon Cross (D)
Fourth Ward Jean Malone (D) Council President Robert L. Shoultz (R)
Fifth Ward William J. Bonner II (D)  
Sixth Ward Pat Patrick (R)  


The Chillicothe Gazette
Chillicothe Gazette

The Chillicothe Gazette, Ohio's oldest newspaper, published daily at Chillicothe, Ohio, the seat of Ross County, Ohio, by the Gannett Company....
 is Ohio's oldest newspaper.

Other municipal officials:
  • City council clerk John Fosson
  • Chief of staff Matt Allen
  • Safety and Service Director Mike Pfeifer
  • Transit System Director Michael Scholl
  • Chief of Police Jeffrey Keener (retired in January 2009, Thomas Hewitt currently interim chief)
  • Fire Chief Bruce Vaughan
  • Utilities Director Richard Johnson
  • City Auditor William Morrissey (R)
  • City Law Director Toni L. Eddy (R)
    • Assistant Law Directors:
      • Robert C. Hess
      • Mark A. Preston
      • Michele R. Rout
  • Fair Housing Administrator Tamra Lowe
  • Civil Service Administrator Sharon Maughmer
  • Human Resources Director Nancy McNeely
The officials of the Chillicothe Municipal Court are:
  • Judge Thomas E. Bunch (D)
  • Judge John B. Street (R)
  • Magistrate Jane Spring Martin
  • Clerk Roseanna J. "Jeanie" Strong


Public services


Parks and recreation

Chillicothe has several public parks, including Yoctangee Park
Yoctangee Park

Yoctangee Park is a public park in Chillicothe, Ohio adjacent to the Historic First Capital District. City Park was the official name of the park from its establishment in 1875 until it was changed to Yoctangee Park sometime in the 1890s by William H....
, Poland Park, Strawser Park, Manor Park, Goldie Gunlock Park, Pine Street Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and Western View Park.

Chillicothe's floodwall, protecting the city from floods of the Scioto River
Scioto River

The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length . It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth, Ohio....
, has a 5.0 mile-long paved bike path. This path connects to the Tri-County Triangle Trail which currently is 17.2 miles long, measured from Bridge St. (SR 159) in Chillicothe, to Frankfort
Frankfort, Ohio

Frankfort is a village #Ohio in Ross County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the North Fork of Paint Creek . The village is located in Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio....
 and then to Austin. The Tri-County Triangle Trail's goal is to connect Chillicothe with Washington Court House and Greenfield. This same former railroad continues to Jamestown and Xenia
Xenia, Ohio

Xenia is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio 21 miles from Dayton, Ohio and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 , but those connections are a long range plan.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, formerly known as Mound City Group National Monument, is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial tumulus from the Hopewell culture, a cultural complex of ancestral Native Americans in the United States....
 is found on the north end of the town. The park is administrated by the National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 and has a large concentration of Native American earthworks.

Education

A branch of Ohio University
Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
, Ohio University-Chillicothe
Ohio University-Chillicothe

Ohio University-Chillicothe is a satellite campus campus of Ohio University located in Chillicothe, Ohio, the first state capital of Ohio. The main campus of Ohio University is located in Athens, Ohio....
 (OU-C), is located at the top of University Hill in Chillicothe. The public 4-year institution enrolls about 2,000 students each year.

Samuel Stephen College (formerly Southeastern Business College) is located on Ohio St. Rt. 104. They offer five different 2-year programs that include Information Technology and Office Administration.

The city of Chillicothe provides education for pre-school through grade 12 students. The Chillicothe City School District includes the following facilities: Allen Elementary; Mt. Logan Elementary, previously Mt. Logan Middle School; Tiffin Elementary; Worthington Elementary; Western Latchkey/Preschool/Western Administration Office, the headquarters of the Board of Education;Chillicothe Middle School; and Chillicothe High School, which was expanded extensively and dedicated on August 20, 2006.

The Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library holds a rich collection of historical and genealogical resources. The main library is located on South Paint Street. The library also has branch locations in the Northside (on Buckeye Street) as well as in Bainbridge
Bainbridge, Ohio

Bainbridge is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio*Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio*Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio...
, Frankfort
Frankfort, Ohio

Frankfort is a village #Ohio in Ross County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the North Fork of Paint Creek . The village is located in Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio....
, Kingston
Kingston, Ohio

Kingston is a village #Ohio in Ross County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,032 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Richmond Dale
Richmond Dale, Ohio

Richmond Dale is an unincorporated area in central Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio, Ross County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45673....
, and South Salem
South Salem, Ohio

South Salem is a village #Ohio in Ross County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 213 at the United States Census 2000....
.

Chillicothe is also home to the Recording Workshop, audio engineering school.

Culture


Majestic Theater

Chillicothe is home to the 152-year-old continuously operating Majestic Theater. Its stage has been graced by such greats as Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were a popular comedy team of thin, British-born Stan Laurel and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy . They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe....
, Milton Berle
Milton Berle

Milton Berle, born Milton Berlinger was an Emmy-winning United States comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , he was the first major star of television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr....
, George Arliss
George Arliss

George Arliss was an England Academy Award-winning actor, author, playwright and film maker who found success in United States. He was the first United Kingdom actor to win an Academy Award....
, Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker

Sophie Tucker was a singer and comedian, one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first two-thirds of the 20th century.She was born Sonia Kalish to a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia....
, and many others.

Fairs and festivals

Chillicothe, rich in Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 history, hosts the annual Feast of the Flowering Moon Festival. Started in 1984, the May festival draws crowds of approximately 85,000. Yoctangee Park, in the historic downtown, is the setting for this family oriented three-day event featuring Native American music, dancing, traders and exhibits, a mountain men encampment rendezvous with working craftsmen and demonstrations, an extensive arts and crafts show with over 80 crafters and commercial exhibits. The main stage has a schedule of family-friendly entertainment, such as local school bands and performers. The streets become lined with food booths and games/contests. The festival is both recreational with games, contests and food booths that line the streets and are also educational. Handicap parking is available from the alley of West Water to Walnut Street. Events are free to the public and typically include: the Laser Light Show (Friday, Saturday & Sunday), Main Stage Entertainment, Kid's Fun Run (Saturday), Senior Citizens Day & Bingo (Friday), Gospel Day (Sunday), Parade, Duck Race (ducks are free at the Hospice Booth), and more.

On the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day
Labor Day

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September . The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union sought to create "a day off for the working citizens"....
 in September, Chillicothe hosts the annual Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival
Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival

The Southern Ohio Storytelling festival is an annual event held on the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in Chillicothe, Ohio. Local, regional and nationally known storytellers are invited to perform their favorite stories for thousands of school children and storytelling enthusiasts....
. The festival features concert performances by several highly acclaimed and award-winning storytellers. Storytelling concerts are held throughout the day on both Friday and Saturday. Thousands of students participate during the day on Friday in various venues that include the Majestic Theatre, a tent at the Pump House Art Gallery in Yoctangee Park
Yoctangee Park

Yoctangee Park is a public park in Chillicothe, Ohio adjacent to the Historic First Capital District. City Park was the official name of the park from its establishment in 1875 until it was changed to Yoctangee Park sometime in the 1890s by William H....
 and local school auditoriums.

The Fall Harvest Festival is held in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park the first weekend in October. The festival has entertainment, crafts, flea market, and more. The festival was not held in 2008.

Athletic events

The Chillicothe Paints
Chillicothe Paints

The Chillicothe Paints are a baseball team based in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the United States. Now a member of the the summer collegiate Prospect League, the Paints played in the Independent baseball Frontier League from the 1993 season until the end of the 2008 season....
 are a minor league baseball
Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in North America that compete at levels below that of Major League Baseball....
 team that was established in February 1993. The team was previously a member of the Frontier League
Frontier League

The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, Independent league baseball baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania....
. Now a member of the the summer collegiate Prospect League
Prospect League

The Prospect League is a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. The league was formed by Chillicothe Paints owner Chris Hanners soon after his team left the Frontier League....
, the Paints played in the independent Frontier League from the 1993 season until the end of the 2008 season. They were one of the original teams in the league. The Paints play their home games at V.A. Memorial Stadium
V.A. Memorial Stadium

V.A. Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Chillicothe Paints minor league baseball team....
, which opened in 1954.

In June, the streets of Chillicothe near Yoctangee Park
Yoctangee Park

Yoctangee Park is a public park in Chillicothe, Ohio adjacent to the Historic First Capital District. City Park was the official name of the park from its establishment in 1875 until it was changed to Yoctangee Park sometime in the 1890s by William H....
 are blocked off to accommodate temporary courts for the Gus Macker
Gus Macker

The Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is a nationwide event for players of a variety of age and skill levels. Although every tournament is different, a typical Gus Macker event involves dozens of temporary courts set up in parking lots or closed-off public streets....
 three-on-three basketball competition.

Notable natives


Athletes

  • Neil Johnston
    Neil Johnston

    Donald Neil Johnston was an American Basketball Hall of Fame basketball player at the center position who played 8 years in the NBA from 1951 to 1959....
    , NBA basketball player from 1951 to 1959
  • Ben Hartsock
    Ben Hartsock

    Benjamin Richard Hartsock is an American football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons. He was originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft....
    , Atlanta Falcons
    Atlanta Falcons

    The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia . They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     Tight-End
  • Garin Veris
    Garin Veris

    Garin Lee Veris was an American football defensive end in the National Football League, mainly for the New England Patriots.Veris graduated from Chillicothe High School , where he starred in High school football and basketball in 1981....
    , former NFL player
  • Greg Cook
    Greg Cook

    Gregory Lynn Cook , is a retired American football quarterback....
    , Cincinnati Bengals
    Cincinnati Bengals

    The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio. It is currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     Quarterback
  • John Herrnstein, Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     player
  • Scott Bailes
    Scott Bailes

    Scott Alan Bailes , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for three teams during a 13-year Major League career. At some point during his youth, he moved to Missouri, and participated in Little League, Pony League, and American Legion teams....
    , former Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     player


Author

  • Martha Finley
    Martha Finley

    Martha Finley was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years....
    , (1828 - 1909) author of the Elsie Dinsmore series


Business leaders

  • Seth Hoyt, publisher, Cosmopolitan Magazine
    Cosmopolitan (magazine)

    Cosmopolitan, also known as the Cosmo, is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world. The content includes articles on relationships and sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, as well as fashion and beauty ....
    (1987-1993)


Musicians

  • Nancy Wilson (singer)
    Nancy Wilson (singer)

    Nancy Wilson is an United States singer with seventy-plus albums, and three Grammy Awards so far in her career. She's been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop music; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer." The title she prefers, however, is song stylist....


Ohio Founders

  • Duncan McArthur
    Duncan McArthur

    Duncan McArthur was a United States Federalist Party and United States National Republican Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th List of Governors of Ohio....
    , Ohio's 11th Governor
  • Edward Tiffin
    Edward Tiffin

    File:ETiffin.jpgEdward Tiffin was a Democratic-Republican Party politician from Ohio, and the first List of Governors of Ohio.Sources indicate that he was born in Carlisle, England; however he may have been born in or near Workington, England....
    , dominant role in political development of Ohio Country and made Chillicothe the political center
  • Thomas Worthington, "Father of Ohio Statehood" and Ohio's 6th Governor. Worthington was born in Virginia but settled in Ohio early in his life and remained there. His estate in Chillicothe, called Adena
    Adena

    Adena can mean:*Adena, Ohio, USA*Adena, Colorado, USA*The Adena culture, a Mound-building Native American culture.*The Adena Mansion, Thomas Worthington's home and estate in Chillicothe, Ohio...
    , is open to the public.


Political figures

  • Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, First Lady
    First Lady

    First Lady is a term used in the United States to describe the wife of an elected male head of state. It originated in 1849, when President of the United States Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison "First Lady" at her state funeral while reciting a eulogy written by himself....
     of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes
    Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
    .
  • Lewis Woodson
    Lewis Woodson

    Lewis Woodson was an educator, minister, writer, and abolitionist. He was an early leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church . Woodson started and helped to build other institutions within the free African-American communities in Ohio and western Pennsylvania prior to the Civil War....
     (1806-1878), minister, abolitionist, educator, one of founders of Wilberforce University
    Wilberforce University

    Wilberforce University is a private, Mixed-sex education, liberal arts Historically black colleges and universities university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, that is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church and participates in the United Negro College Fund....
     in 1856
  • John Mercer Langston
    John Mercer Langston

    John Mercer Langston was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, and political activist. He was the first graduate of the law school at Howard University and the first president of now Virginia State University....
     (1829-1899), abolitionist, activist, educator and politician - in 1855 first black in Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
     elected to public office, first dean of Howard University
    Howard University

    Howard University is a private university, coeducational, nonsectarian, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
     law school, first president of Virginia State University
    Virginia State University

    Virginia State University is a Historically black colleges and universities and land-grant university located in Petersburg, Virginia in the Richmond, Virginia area, and was founded on ....
    , in 1888 first black to be elected to the United States Congress
    United States Congress

    The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
     from Virginia
    Virginia

    The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
    . (He lived in Chillicothe as a child.)
  • Frederick Madison Roberts
    Frederick Madison Roberts

    Frederick Madison Roberts was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner who was the first African American elected to the California State Assembly, where he served for 16 years and was known as "dean of the assembly." He has been honored as the first African American elected to public office among the states on th...
    , California Assemblyman, believed to be the first African American elected to public office on the West Coast.
  • David Leroy Nickens
    David Leroy Nickens

    Rev. David Leroy Nickens was a freed slave who was born in Virginia. Nickens was the first African American licensed Minister in Ohio in July, 1824....
    , first licensed African-American minister in Ohio.


Sister city

Chillicothe is the sister city
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 of Córdoba
Córdoba, Veracruz

C?rdoba is a city and is the seat of the municipalities of Mexico of the same name in the Mexican state of Veracruz.The city is composed of 15 congregations, bounded to the north by Ixhuatl?n del Caf? and Tomatl?n, and its southern reaches borders with Amatl?n de los Reyes and Naranjal....
, Veracruz
Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states of Mexico that constitute the republic of Mexico....
, Mexico
Mexico

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. This relationship is honored through the Foreign Exchange Student Program
Student exchange program

A student exchange program is a program in which a student, typically in secondary education or higher education, chooses to live in a foreign country to learn, among other things, language and culture....
 with students at Chillicothe High School.

Cultural references

  • In the novel Laughing Gas
    Laughing Gas (novel)

    Laughing Gas is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on September 25, 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on December 4, 1936 by Doubleday Doran, New York....
     by P.G. Wodehouse, Chillicothe is mentioned as the home of child star Joey Cooley.
  • In the Nero Wolfe
    Nero Wolfe

    Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created by the United States mystery writer Rex Stout, who made his debut in 1934. Wolfe's confidential assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius in 33 novels and 39 short stories from the 1930s to the 1970s, with most of them set in New York City....
     novels by Rex Stout
    Rex Stout

    Rex Todhunter Stout was an United States crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 to 1975 ....
    , Chillicothe is the hometown of Archie Goodwin
    Archie Goodwin (fictional detective)

    Archie Goodwin is a fictional character and detective in Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries. The witty voice of all the stories, he recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 to 1975 ....
    .
  • The USS Chillicothe
    USS Chillicothe

    USS Chillicothe was an iron-clad river gunboat of the United States Navy. She was named for Chillicothe, Ohio of Ohio from 1803 to 1810.Chillicothe was laid down at Cincinnati, Ohio....
     was named after Chillicothe, Ohio.
  • In The Harvey Girls (1946), the character of Alma played by Virginia O'Brien was from Chillicothe.
  • Chillicothe appeared prominently in a trilogy of popular and award-winning frontier novels by Conrad Richter
    Conrad Richter

    Conrad Michael Richter was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning United States novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier....
    : The Trees, The Fields, and The Town
    The Town

    The Town is a novel written by Conrad Richter in 1950 in literature. It is the third installment of his Awakening Land trilogy, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951....
    , which won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize
    Pulitzer Prize

    The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
    . Known collectively as The Awakening Land series, the trilogy was the basis of a highly acclaimed 1978 NBC mini-series by the same name.
  • In Robert Heinlein
    Robert A. Heinlein

    Robert Anson Heinlein was an United States novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre....
    's novella Methuselah's Children, the ship that Lazarus Long pilots is named "The Spirit of Chillicothe."
  • Chillicothe is mentioned in the Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
     movie Blue Hawaii
    Blue Hawaii

    Blue Hawaii is a 1961 in film musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley....
    .
  • Chillicothe was shown twice on the Daily Shows "Midwest Midterm Midtacular".
  • In the HBO hit series Deadwood
    Deadwood

    Deadwood may refer to the following places:*Deadwood, Alberta, hamlet in Alberta, Canada.*Deadwood, Oregon, unincorporated community in Oregon, United States....
    , character Sol Star mentions having lived in Chillicothe.
  • Knockemstiff by David Ray Pollock, is a collection of stories about a ghost town
    Ghost town

    A ghost town is a town or city that has been completely abandoned by human inhabitants, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as flood, government action, uncontrolled lawlessness or war....
     near Chillicothe.


See also

  • Chalahgawtha
    Chalahgawtha

    Chalahgawtha was the name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee, a Native Americans in the United States people, during the 18th century, as well as the name of the principal village of the division....
  • Great Hopewell Road
    Great Hopewell Road

    The Great Hopewell Road is thought to connect the monumental Hopewell culture centers located at Newark, Ohio and Chillicothe, Ohio, a distance of through the heart of Ohio, USA....


External links

  • , Ohio Historical Society
  • , Chillicothe, OH Website
  • Community site with active message boards