Chillicothe, Ohio City of Chillicothe Overview of Chillicothe from Grandview Cemetery Overview of Chillicothe from Grandview Cemetery Official seal of City of Chillicothe Location in the state of Ohio Location in the state of Ohio Location of Chillicothe in Ross County Location of Chillicothe in Ross County State Ohio Chillicothe (/ t l k i / chil- -koth-ee) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Ross County, Ohio, United States. It is the only town/city in Ross County and the center of the Chillicothe Micropolitan Travel Destination (as defined by the United States Enumeration Bureau in 2003).
Chillicothe is a designated Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is positioned in southern Ohio along the Scioto River.
Modern Chillicothe was the center of the ancient Hopewell tradition, which flourished from 200 BC until 500 AD.
Present-day Chillicothe is the most recent of seven locations in Ohio that bore the name, because it was applied to the chief town wherever the Chalakatha settled.
Other populace centers titled Chillicothe in Ohio at one time include: one positioned at present-day Piqua, in Miami County; one positioned south of present-day Circleville, Pickaway County, on the Scioto River; a third about three miles north of Xenia in Greene County, Ohio; a fourth at present-day Frankfort, Ross County, on Paint Creek; and a fifth also positioned in Ross County, at Hopetown, three miles north of undivided Chillicothe.
According to historian Charles Augustus Hanna, a Shawnee village was established at the site of modern-day Chillicothe in late 1758, following the destruction of Lower Shawneetown by floods. Chillicothe served as the capital of Ohio from the beginning of statehood in 1803 until 1810 when Zanesville 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 1812 the council moved the capital back to Chillicothe.
Migrants to Chillicothe encompassed no-charge blacks, who came to a place with severaler restrictions than in the slave states.
As tensions increased before to the breakout of the American Civil War, the no-charge black improve at Chillicothe maintained stations and aid to support refugees on the Underground Railroad.
Slaves escaping from the South traveled athwart the Ohio River to freedom, and then up the Scioto River to get more distance from their former homes and slave hunters.
The Scioto River at Chillicothe in 2003 Chillicothe is positioned at 39 20 11 N 82 59 2 W (39.336525, 82.983822). It lies inside the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau. It lies between the Scioto River and Paint Creek near their confluence.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.60 square miles (27.45 km2), of which 10.43 square miles (27.01 km2) is territory and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water. The town/city is surrounded by farming communities, and Chillicothe inhabitants describe the region as the foothills of the Appalachians.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.1% White, 7.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 3.4% from two or more competitions.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.21% White, 7.51% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other competitions, and 2.00% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace 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.
Chillicothe is governed by a mayor-council structure in which the mayor is propel separately from the members of the town/city council.
Chillicothe's mayor is Luke Feeney (D). The members of the town/city council are: Chillicothe has a several enhance parks, including Yoctangee Park, Poland Park, Strawser Park, Manor Park, Goldie Gunlock Park, Pine Street Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and Western View Park.
There is also a skatepark inside Yoctangee park called Henry Good skatepark, which was constructed with help from a generous donation of $65,000 from Henry Good, a small-town Chillicothe citizen.
Chillicothe's floodwall, protecting the town/city from floods of the Scioto River, has a 5.0-mile-long paved bike path.
(SR 159) in Chillicothe, passing through Frankfort and then to Christman Park near Washington Court House.
The Tri-County Triangle Trail's goal is to connect Chillicothe and Greenfield.
A branch of Ohio University, Ohio University-Chillicothe is a enhance 4-year institution, that now offers a limited number of master's programs, which enrolls about 2,000 students each year.
Ohio Christian University offers three associate degree programs, including Christian Ministry, Business Management, and Agribusiness and 5 Bachelor of Arts degrees, including Business Management, Health Care Management, Logistics, Psychology and Substance Abuse Counseling.
The town/city of Chillicothe provides education for pre-school through undertaking 12 students.
The Chillicothe City School District includes the following facilities: Allen Elementary; Mt.
Logan Middle School; Tiffin Elementary; Worthington Elementary; Chillicothe Middle School; and Chillicothe High School.
Chillicothe is the home of Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, positioned at 895 Crouse Chapel Road.
Pickaway-Ross offers 20 high school tech-prep programs to students from 10 high schools in Ross and Pickaway counties.
High school students attend Pickaway-Ross their junior and senior years, and can earn a Career Passport in addition to a diploma from their home schools.
The high school (or secondary education) side of Pickaway-Ross serves approximately 600 students on its chief campus and another 1,500 students in off-campus (or satellite) programs homed in affiliated high schools.
School districts affiliated with Pickaway-Ross include: Adena, Chillicothe, Huntington, Paint Valley, Southeastern, Unioto, and Zane Trace in Ross County, and Circleville, Logan Elm and Westfall in Pickaway County.
In addition to high school programs, Pickaway-Ross boasts a full-service Adult Education Division, offering a wide array of programs in skilled trades, enhance safety and medical services fields, to name a several.
Chillicothe is also home to the Recording Workshop, an audio engineering school.
The squat, square building left of center is a replica of Ohio's first capitol building and serves as the office of the Chillicothe Gazette.
Chillicothe is home to the 158-year-old continuously operating Majestic Theatre.
Three Chillicothe businessmen bought the theatre as a non-profit organization in 1990.
Chillicothe's Story Mound State Memorial Chillicothe, rich in Native American history, hosts the annual Feast of the Flowering Moon Festival.
On the Friday and Saturday after Labor Day in September, Chillicothe hosts the annual Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival.
Thousands of students participate amid the day on Friday in various venues, including the Majestic Theatre, a tent at the Pump House Art Gallery in Yoctangee Park, and small-town school auditoriums.
The Chillicothe Paints are a baseball team that was established in February 1993.
In June, the streets of Chillicothe near Yoctangee Park are blocked off to accommodate temporary courts for the Gus Macker three-on-three basketball competition.
William Creighton, Jr., Ohio's first Secretary of State and designer of the Great Seal of Ohio Nathaniel Massie, first speaker of the Ohio Senate and founder of Chillicothe Thomas Worthington, "Father of Ohio Statehood" and Ohio's 6th Governor John Mercer Langston, abolitionist, activist, educator and politician; first black in Ohio propel to enhance office Chillicothe is the sister town/city of Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico.
This relationship is honored through the Foreign Exchange Student Program with students at Chillicothe High School.
Chillicothe also is the sister town/city of Tulua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
USS Chillicothe United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Ohio History Central, "Chillicothe, Ohio"".
"Chillicothe definition of Chillicothe in the Free Online Encyclopedia".
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Chillicothe, Ohio.
Pat Medert, "Chillicothe History" Chillicothe Gazette Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library Municipalities and communities of Ross County, Ohio, United States County seat: Chillicothe Chillicothe This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Chillicothe, Ohio - County seats in Ohio - Former state capitals in the United States - Cities in Ross County, Ohio - Populated places established in 1803 - Populated places on the Underground Railroad
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