Chillicothe, Missouri
| Chillicothe, Missouri | |
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| City | |
Livingston County Courthouse with mural depicting the community being the home of sliced bread. The district around the courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| Nickname(s): Chilli ; Home of Sliced Bread; The Highway City | |
 Location of Chillicothe, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 39°47′35″N 93°33′7″W / 39.79306°N 93.55194°WCoordinates: 39°47′35″N 93°33′7″W / 39.79306°N 93.55194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Livingston |
| Town (Large) | March 1st, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.03 sq mi (18.21 km2) |
| • Land | 7.02 sq mi (18.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 797 ft (243 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,515 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 9,431 |
| • Density | 1,355.4/sq mi (523.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 64601 |
| Area code(s) | 660 |
| FIPS code | 29-13690 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0715783 |
| Website | www.chillicothecity.org |
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The population was 9,515 at the 2010 census. The name "Chillicothe" is Shawnee for "big town", and was named after their Chillicothe, located since 1774 about a mile from the present-day city.
This territory was originally settled by indigenous peoples of the Americas. The Osage and Missouri were in the territory at the time of earliest European contact, which was mostly by French explorers and traders. By 1800 the Shawnee and Iowa had migrated here. The Shawnee came from the Ohio Country, where they had been under pressure before the American Revolution from aggressive Iroquois and later encroaching European Americans. Displacing the Osage, the Shawnee had a major village known as Chillicothe about a mile from the present-day city. Chillicothe was also the name of a major band of the tribe. Other Native American tribes in the area were the Sac and Fox, and Pottawatomi, all of whom hunted in the area.
In the early 19th century, European-American migration to Missouri increased. The original survey of Chillicothe by United States citizens was filed for record August 31, 1837, and a resurvey of the same was filed August 5, 1859. Chillicothe was incorporated as a city by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 1, 1855. It was selected as the County seat by commissioners and the first term of the county court began on May 7, 1838. In August of that year an order was made to erect the first Court House, the cost not to exceed $5,000, in the Public Square; The first circuit court for the trial of civil and criminal causes was held on the 3d of July 1887.
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