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Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Chillicothe

Corporation Limit Marker

 
 
Chillicothe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, October 23, 2020
1. Chillicothe Marker
Inscription. First Capital of Ohio 1803-1810, 1812-1816.
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Markers Committee.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 39° 20.296′ N, 82° 56.984′ W. Marker is in Chillicothe, Ohio, in Ross County. It is at the intersection of Charleston Pike / East Main Street (U.S. 50) and U.S. 23/35, on the right when traveling east on Charleston Pike / East Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1137 E Main St, Chillicothe OH 45601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee
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(Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Arthur St. Clair's Headquarters (approx. 1.6 miles away); Scioto Lodge No. 6 F. & A. M. (approx. 1.7 miles away); Ross County World War I Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Cultural Influences of Chillicothe and Ross County (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Carlisle (approx. 1.8 miles away); Banking Crisis of 1819 (approx. 1.8 miles away); Enderlin Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Site of Ohio's First Statehouse (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chillicothe.
 
Chillicothe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 5, 2021
2. Chillicothe Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   2. submitted on March 7, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 9, 2026