The ''Chillicothe Gazette'' is

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's oldest

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, published daily at

Chillicothe, Ohio Chillicothe ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Scioto River 45 miles (72 km) south of Columbus, Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio. It is the only city in Ross Count ...

, the seat of

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, by

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, then the capital of the

Northwest Territory The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1 ...

, November 9, 1793 as the '' Centinel of the Northwest Territory''. It decamped to Chillicothe when the territorial government moved to that city c. 1800. The paper was owned until the 1990s by Gannett, who sold it to

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who in turn sold to

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. When Thomson exited the newspaper business in the late 1990s, Gannett bought it back.

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