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Chillicothe ( ) is a city in
Ross County, Ohio Ross County is a county in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 77,093. Its county seat is Chillicothe, the first and third capital of Ohio. Established on August 20, 1798, ...
, United States, and its
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. The population was 22,059 at the 2020 census. Located along the
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45 miles (72 km) south of Columbus, Chillicothe was the first and third capital of
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. It is the only city in Ross County and the center of the Chillicothe micropolitan area. Chillicothe is a designated Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.


History

The region around Chillicothe 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
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. They built earthen
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s for ceremonial and burial purposes throughout the Scioto and
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valleys. Later Native Americans who inhabited the area through the time of European contact included Shawnees. Present-day Chillicothe is the most recent of seven locations in Ohio that bore the name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the Chalakatha settled. Other population centers named Chillicothe in Ohio at one time include: one located at present-day Piqua, in Miami County; one located south of present-day Circleville, Pickaway County, on the
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; a third about north of
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in Greene County, Ohio; a fourth at present-day Frankfort, Ross County, on Paint Creek; and a fifth also located in Ross County, at Hopetown, three miles north of modern Chillicothe. In 1758 a settlement was established at this site by Shawnee Indians who had abandoned their village of Lower Shawneetown in November of that year. A group of Shawnees from Logstown also joined them.James Everett Seaver, Charles Delamater Vail ''A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee,'' American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1918.
/ref> After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 forced the Native Americans from most of Ohio, European settlers came to the area. Migrants from
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and
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moved west along the Ohio River in search of land. The community Chillicothe was founded in 1796 by a party led by General Nathaniel Massie on his land grant. The town's name comes from the Shawnee '' Chala·ka·tha'' (Chillicothe in English), meaning "principal town", because it was the chief settlement of that division (one of five major divisions) of the Shawnee people. In 1798, Ross County became incorporated with Chillicothe as the county seat. Chillicothe was named the capital of the remnant
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in 1800, when Indiana Territory was split off, and the Northwest Territory was reduced to Ohio, eastern
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and a sliver of southeastern
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. In 1802 as Ohio moved toward statehood, the city hosted the Ohio Constitutional Convention. It served as the capital of Ohio from statehood in 1803 until 1810 then again from 1812 to 1816. Ohio was a free state, and early migrants to Chillicothe included free blacks, who came to a place with fewer restrictions than in the
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states. They created a vibrant community and aided runaway slaves coming north. As tensions increased prior to the breakout of the
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, the free black community at Chillicothe maintained stations and aid to support refugees on the Underground Railroad. The Ohio River was a border with the slave states of the South, with slaves crossing the river to freedom, and then up the Scioto River to get more distance from their former homes and slave hunters. White
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s aided the Underground Railroad as well. On May 12, 1948, a C. & O. engine suffered a boiler explosion due to a low water level near Chillicothe, Ohio. The train's engineer, fireman and front brakeman were killed.


Geography

Chillicothe lies within the
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of the Western Allegheny Plateau. It lies between the
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and Paint Creek near their confluence. According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The city is surrounded by farming communities, and Chillicothe residents describe the area as the foothills of the Appalachians.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
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of 2020, there were 22,059 people, 9,576 occupied housing units, and 5,589 families residing in the city. Of the 9,576 households, 2,856 were occupied by a married couple family, 191 had a male householder with no spouse present, and 545 had a female householder with no spouse present. Of the 5,589 families, 37.7% were married couple families living together, 36.9% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 17.1% had a male householder with no spouse present. The average family size was 2.95. Of the 22,059 people, 18,892 were
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, 1,348 were Black or African American, 88 were American Indian and Alaska Native, 155 were Asian, 351 were
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or Latino, 6 were
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and
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s, 1,419 were two or more races, and 151 were other races. The median age in the city was 41.4 years. 7.0% of resident were under the age of 5; 21.1% were under the age of 18; 78.9% were 18 years and over; and 20.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in the city was $45,251, and the median income for a family was $66,224. About 18.1% of the population were below the
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, with 25.5% of them being under 18 years old, 18.4% being 18 to 64 years old, and 9.5% being 65 years and over.


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 21,901 people, 9,420 households, and 5,559 families residing in the city. The
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was . There were 10,600 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.1%
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, 7.2%
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, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 9,420 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were
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living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no spouse present, 5.0% had a male householder with no spouse present, and 41.0% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.87. The median age in the city was 41.5 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.8% were from 25 to 44; 27.8% were from 45 to 64; and 17.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.6% male and 52.4% female.


Economy

As the only city in its area, Chillicothe is a hub for economic activity. Hospitals (Adena Regional and Chillicothe VA Medical Centers), prisons ( Ross and Chillicothe Correctional Institutions) and a college campus ( Ohio University Chillicothe) are among the largest employers. In April 2025, the Pixelle paper mill, formerly named for past owners Glatfelter and Mead Paper, and employing about 800 people, announced its closure.


Arts and culture


Majestic Theatre

Chillicothe is home to the 158-year-old continuously operating Majestic Theatre. Its stage has been graced by such greats as
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, Milton Berle, George Arliss, Sophie Tucker,
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and many others. In 1853 the Masonic Hall was built, as the first incarnation of what is now the Majestic Theatre. The two-story brick building was a combination lodge room, dance hall, and theater. Stock companies stayed for as long as a month, performing a repertory of plays. In 1876 the Masons appointed a building committee to enlarge their building. The original building was and was later extended to . Upon completion in December 1876 it was announced that the Masonic Opera House was one of the finest theaters in the state. After the remodeling and with the completion of the Clough Opera House across the city, theater offerings were tremendous, and varied drama, comedy, farce, minstrel shows, and operas were presented. In 1904 A. R. Wolf bought the Masonic Opera House. Mr. Wolf remodeled the theater and enlarged the stage. He replaced all the windows in the front of the building with stained glass. The Masonic Opera House continued under Wolf's managerial abilities until he sold it to the Myers Brothers in 1914. They again made some improvements and repairs and installed a movie screen and equipment. The Myers Brothers changed the name to the Majestic Theatre. They occasionally had live theater productions on the stage but finally switched exclusively to motion pictures. In July 1971, Harley and Evelyn Bennett became the new owners of the Majestic Theatre. They did careful restoration with reference to the original wall painting. Three Chillicothe businessmen (Robert Evans, Robert Althoff and David Uhrig) bought the theater as a non-profit organization in 1990. All new wiring throughout the theater, fire safety, and security systems were installed.


Fairs and festivals

Chillicothe, rich in Native American 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, and an extensive arts and crafts show with more than 80 crafters and commercial exhibits. The main stage has a schedule of family-friendly entertainment, such as local school bands and performers. The streets are lined with food booths and games/contests. Events are free to the public.


Parks and recreation

Chillicothe has several public parks, including Yoctangee Park, Patrick Park, Poland Park, Strawser Park, Manor Park, Goldie Gunlock Park, Pine Street Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and Western View Park. The biggest park, Yoctangee Park, consists of numerous baseball /softball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and playground equipment. There is also a skatepark within Yoctangee park called Henry Good skatepark, which was constructed with help from a generous donation of $65,000 from Henry Good, a local Chillicothe citizen. Chillicothe's floodwall, protecting the city from floods of the
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, has a 5.0-mile-long paved bike path. This path connects to the Tri-County Triangle Trail which currently is 30.3 miles long, measured from Bridge St. ( SR 159) in Chillicothe, passing through Frankfort and then to Christman Park near Washington Court House in Fayette County, Ohio. The Tri-County Triangle Trail's goal is to connect Chillicothe and Greenfield. This same former railroad continues to Jamestown and
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, but those connections are a long range plan. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is found on the north end of the city. The park is administered by the
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and has a large concentration of Native American earthworks.


Sports

The Chillicothe Paints are a baseball team that was established in February 1993. The team was previously a member of the Frontier League, playing there from its founding until 2008. They were one of the original teams in the league. The Paints are now a member of the summer collegiate Prospect League, The Paints play their home games at V.A. Memorial Stadium, which opened in 1954. V.A. Memorial Stadium has hosted a number of other events, including the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament from 2008 to 2011, along with high soccer and baseball playoff games for the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA).


Government

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 Luke Feeney ( D). The members of the city council are (as of August 2024):


Education

The public Chillicothe City School District operates five primary and secondary schools for children in the city. Bishop Flaget School is a private Catholic school for students in grades prekindergarten through 8th. Ross County Christian Academy was formed in 2007 and now offers K through 12th grade at two sites. Chillicothe is home to Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, a vocational-technical school founded in 1974.
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is a regional campus of Ohio University founded in 1946. It was the first regional campus in Ohio. The campus has an annual enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. Chillicothe is also home to the Recording Workshop, an audio engineering school. Chillicothe is served by the main branch and Northside branch of Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library.


Notable people

* Chet Allen (1939–1984) – actor * William Allen (1803–1879) –
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, and U.S. Representative for Ohio * Thomas M. Anderson (1836–1917) – U.S. Army major general * William M. Anderson (1807–1881) – lawyer and explorer who helped plan the New Virginia Colony in
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* James H. Baker (1829–1913) – Ohio and
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state politician * Drew Basil (b. 1991) –
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(MLB) player * Henry H. Bennett (1863–1924) – writer, journalist, and poet * John Bennett (1865–1956) – writer and illustrator * William K. Bond (1792–1864) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Charles E. Brown (1834–1904) – U.S. Army colonel and Ohio state politician * William B. Brown (1912–1985) – Ohio Supreme Court justice * Henry Brush (1777–1855) – Ohio Supreme Court justice and Ohio state politician * John Carey (b. 1959) – Ohio state politician * Harold K. Claypool (1886–1958) – businessman and U.S. Representative for Ohio * Horatio C. Claypool (1859–1921) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Carrie Williams Clifford (1862–1934) – author and
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activist * Edward Cook (1888–1972) – pole vaulter at the 1908 Summer Olympics * Greg Cook (1946–2012) –
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(NFL) player * Joseph C. Corbin (1833–1911) – journalist, educator, and conductor for the Underground Railroad * Jessup N. Couch (1778–1821) – Ohio Supreme Court justice * William Creighton Jr. (1778–1851) – Ohio state politician and judge for the United States District Court of Ohio * William H. Davis (1848–1938) – educator and the first African-American candidate for
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* Lewis Deschler (1905–1976) – First
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* Lawrence Dixon (1894–1970) –
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musician * Albert Douglas (1852–1935) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Edwin Dun (1848–1931) – foreign agricultural advisor to Meiji Japan * Sarah J. W. Early (1825–1907) – educator, author, black nationalist, and temperance activist * Richard Enderlin (1843–1930) – musician, U.S. Army soldier, and
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recipient * John C. Entrekin (1844–1905) – Ohio state politician * Martha Finley (1828–1909) – educator and author * Joseph S. Fullerton (1835–1897) – lawyer, officer in the U.S. Army, and leader at the Freedmen's Bureau * Bobby Fulton (b. 1960) – professional wrestler * Samuel Galloway (1811–1872) – U.S. Representative for Ohio and
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* Thomas Gibson (1750–1814) – First Ohio State Auditor * John U. Giesy (1877–1947) – physician and writer * Frederick Grimke (1791–1863) – Ohio Supreme Court justice * James Grubb (1771–1806) – Delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1802 * Joseph Hanks (1843–1922) – U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Ben Hartsock (b. 1980) – NFL player and color analyst * Lucy W. Hayes (1831–1889) – wife of president Rutherford B. Hayes and 23rd
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* Eston Hemings (1808–1856) – suspected illegitimate mixed-race child of
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* James L. Herlihy (1927–1993) – novelist, playwright, and actor * Michael Hess (b. 1955) – rower at the
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* Tokey Hill (b. 1957) –
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ka * Benjamin Hough (1773–1819) – Ohio State Auditor and state politician * Albert E. Herrnstein (1882–1958) –
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player and coach * John Herrnstein (1938–2017) –
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(MLB) player * Frederick K. Humphreys (1816–1900) – physician, homeopath, and businessman * Ed Hunsinger (1901–1960) – NFL player and coach * Dard Hunter (1883–1966) – papermaker, printmaker, and paper artist * Newt Hunter (1880–1963) – MLB player, couch, and
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* Donald F. Hyde (1909–1966) – president of the Grolier Club and Bibliographical Society of America * Billy Ireland (1880–1935) – cartoonist * John W. Jefferson (1835–1892) – suspected mixed-race grandson of Thomas Jefferson * Neil Johnston (1929–1978) – NBA player and NBA All-Star * Dave Juenger (b. 1951) – NFL player * Edward King (1795–1836) – Ohio state politician * Rufus King (1817–1891) – president of the
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* James Mason (b. 1952) –
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, author of ''Siege'', ideologue of the Atomwaffen Division, and advocate of white supremacist terrorism * Nathaniel Massie (1763–1813) – Land surveyor, founder of Chillicothe, first speaker of the Ohio Senate, and member of the Chillicothe Junto * Duncan McArthur (1772–1839) – U.S. Army brigadier general and Ohio governor * Meade McClanahan (1893–1959) – Los Angeles City Council member * Charles McDougall (1804–1885) – U.S. Army officer * Florence McLandburgh (1850–1934) – writer and poet * Jeremiah McLene (1767–1837) – Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Representative * Joseph Miller (1819–1862) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Thaddeus A. Minshall (1834–1908) – Ohio Supreme Court justice * Dorothea R. L. Moore (1857–1942) – physician, writer, newspaper editor, and humane society activist * Chip Mosher (1947–2021) – educator, poet, and newspaper columnist *
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* Robert C. Murphy (1827–1888) – U.S. Army colonel * William S. Murphy (1796–1844) – lawyer and
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* Lawrence T. Neal (1844–1905) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Elbie Nickel (1922–2007) – NFL player * David L. Nickens (1794–1838) – freed slave and the first African-American licensed minister in Ohio * Nellie O'Donnell (1867–1931) – educator, clubwoman, and politician * Henry Orth (1897–1980) – American Professional Football Association (APFA) player * John Parsons (b. 1971) – former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive * Craig Payne (1961–2017) – professional boxer * Oscar G. Peters (1842–1894) – businessman * Lerton Pinto (1899–1983) – MLB player * John Poff (b. 1952) – MLB player * Donald Ray Pollock (b. 1954) - author * Ray Pryor (1954–2023) – Ohio state representative * Frederick M. Roberts (1879–1952) – businessman and first African-American elected to the
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* John Rook (1937–2016) – radio
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and businessman * Ev Rowan (1902–1956) – NFL player * John H. Ryan (1865–1943) – Washington state representative * William E. Safford (1859–1926) – educator,
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, and ethnologist * DJ Sayre (b. 1986) – professional
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player * Thomas Scott (1772–1856) – Ohio Supreme Court justice and Ohio state politician * Don W. Sears (1921–2007) – dean at the University of Colorado Law School * Henry C. Segal (1900–1985) – journalist * John Shoemaker (b. 1956) –
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player and manager * Noel Sickles (1910–1982) – commercial artist and cartoonist * Joshua W. Sill (1831–1862) – U.S. Army officer * Joseph S. Skerrett (1833–1897) – U.S. Navy officer * Orland Smith (1825–1903) – railroad executive and U.S. Army colonel *
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, and librarian * Job E. Stevenson (1832–1922) – Ohio state politician * John Stockton (1798–1878) – Michigan state politician and U.S. Army officer * Jimmy Strausbaugh (1918–1991) – NFL player * Joe Sulzer – Mayor of Chillicothe and Ohio state representative * John L. Taylor (1805–1870) – Ohio state representative * Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee chief and warrior likely born in the area * Helen B. Thompson (1875–1969) – home economist * Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895) – running mate of
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for the 1888 presidential election, president pro tempore, Ohio Senator, and Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court * Allen W. Thurman (1847–1922) – American Association president and gubernatorial candidate for Ohio governor * Edward Tiffin (1776–1829) – Ohio Governor, Senator, commissioner of the
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, Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, and member of the Chillicothe Junto * Carey A. Trimble (1813–1887) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * John I. Vanmeter (1798–1875) – U.S. Representative for Ohio * Garin Veris (b. 1963) – NFL player * Carrie Williams (1866–1930) – educator and civil rights activist * Nathaniel Willis – (1755–1831) – newspaper publisher and editor * Nancy Wilson (1937–2018) – jazz singer and actress * Jane F. Winn (1855–1927) – journalist * Nancy M. W. Woodrow (1867–1935) – writer * Lewis Woodson (1806–1878) – educator, minister, writer, and
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* Thomas Worthington (1773–1827) – Ohio Governor, Senator, and member of the Chillicothe Junto * J. Craig Wright (1929–2010) – Ohio Supreme Court justice * John Yang (b. 1958) – news correspondent and journalist * Earl Yingling (1888–1962) – MLB player * Nancy Zahniser (1948–2016) – pharmacologist


Sister city

* Chillicothe is the
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of Córdoba,
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,
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. This relationship is honored through the Foreign Exchange Student Program with students at Chillicothe High School. * Chillicothe had an agreement with the sister city of Tulua, Valle del Cauca,
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. For this reason, the main lake in the city is called Lago Chilicote.


See also

* Great Hopewell Road *


Notes


References


External links


City website



''Chillicothe Gazette''

Downtown information



Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library

Ross County Visitor's Bureau
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