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Chillicothe (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ l ɪ ˈ k ɒ θ i / CHIL-ih-KOTH-ee) [6] is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States. [7] The population was 22,059 at the 2020 census. [8]
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. [2] Its county seat is Chillicothe, [3] the first and third capital of Ohio. Established on August 20, 1798, the county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania. [4]
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Chillicothe was Ohio's first state capital, from 1803. [6] Due to political fighting among state leaders, the Ohio General Assembly temporarily moved the capital to Zanesville in 1810. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Legislation enacted in that year provided for the selection of a new state capital "not more than 40 miles (64 km) from what may be deemed the common ...
Location of Ross County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ross County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ross County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which ...
The Chillicothe Turnpike was an early highway in the U.S. state of Ohio that led from Painesville in Northeast Ohio south to Chillicothe in the southern part of the state, which served as state capital on two occasions in the early 19th century.
At a special session at the old state capital in Chillicothe, the Ohio state legislature approved a new petition for statehood, which was delivered to Washington, D.C., on horseback, and approved that August. [57] [58] [59] Ohio has had three capital cities: Chillicothe, Zanesville, and Columbus. Chillicothe was the capital from 1803 to 1810.
State Route 104 overlaps US 50 through downtown Chillicothe. As US 50 leaves Chillicothe it becomes a two-lane highway once again as it winds its way through McArthur and heavy forested Southern Ohio before reaching the outskirts of Athens where it becomes a four-lane highway. It remains four-lane until reaching the Ohio River.