CHILLICOTHE

city, seat (1798) of Ross county, south-central Ohio, U.S. The city lies along the Scioto River and Paint Creek, 46 miles (74 km) south of Columbus. It is overlooked (northeast) by Mount Logan, which is depicted on the official state seal. It was first settled (1796) by Virginians led by Nathaniel Massie, and its name was derived from a Shawnee word meaning "principal town." Chillicothe served as capital of the Northwest Territory (1800-03), was incorporated as a city in 1802, and was twice the state capital (1803-10; 1812-16). The first state constitution was written there. Some of the state's best preserved prehistoric Indian burial mounds are in the vicinity, including the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (formerly the Mound City Group National Monument). The Ross County Historical Society Museum (housing Indian and pioneer relics) is in the city. The Adena State Memorial (a stone mansion built in 1805-07) is nearby. The Chillicothe Gazette (1800), the oldest continuously published newspaper in Ohio, is housed in a replica of the first statehouse and maintains a museum of printing. The city's commercial activity, which is based mainly on the distribution of local farm produce, increased with the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal (1831) and the Marietta and Cincinnati (now Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad (1852). Papermaking, a leading industry, began in 1812. A branch campus (1946) of Ohio University is in Chillicothe. Pop. (1991 est.) 22,108. city, seat (1839) of Livingston county, northern Missouri, U.S. It lies near the Grand River, 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Kansas City. Settled about 1830, it was laid out in 1837 and named for Chillicothe, Ohio. When the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad came through in 1846, Chillicothe developed as a trade centre for a farming, livestock-raising, and dairying region. Its manufactures include filters for farm and road machinery, gloves, and mobile homes. Chillicothe is the site of the State Training School for Girls (1888) and a vocational technical school (1967). The birthplace, at nearby Laclede, of General John J. Pershing, commander of U.S. forces in World War I, is preserved as a state historic site; to the south is Pershing State Park. Fountain Grove and Swan Lake Migratory waterfowl reserves are to the southeast of the city. Sloan's Liniment, a well-known preparation purported to bring muscular relief to man and beast, was first compounded by Earl and Foreman Sloan while they operated a livery stable in Chillicothe (1870-72). Inc. 1869. Pop. (1990) 8,804.