Chillicothe, Missouri Chillicothe, Missouri Livingston County Courthouse with mural depicting the improve being the home of sliced bread.
Livingston County Courthouse with mural depicting the improve being the home of sliced bread.
Location of Chillicothe, Missouri Location of Chillicothe, Missouri Chillicothe is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The populace was 9,515 at the 2010 census.
The name "Chillicothe" is Shawnee for "big town", and was titled after their Chillicothe, positioned since 1774 about a mile from the present-day city.
1 History of Chillicothe and Livingston County 1.1 The Missouri Training School for Girls History of Chillicothe and Livingston County Displacing the Osage, the Shawnee had a primary village known as Chillicothe about a mile from the present-day city.
The initial survey of Chillicothe by United States people was filed for record August 31, 1837, and a resurvey of the same was filed August 5, 1859. Chillicothe was incorporated as a town/city by an act of the General Assembly, allowed March 1, 1855.
Livingston was settled by emigrants from the older counties and the rest from the Upper South states of Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as Ohio and other "Old Northwest" states, as the westward migration continued.
The Missouri Training School for Girls The Missouri Training School for Girls (1889-1981) was correctional facility of the Missouri Division of Youth Services.
In 1956 it received all of the black girls after the Missouri Training School for Negro Girls in Tipton closed. It closed in 1981. Chillicothe is positioned at 39 47 35 N 93 33 07 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.03 square miles (18.21 km2), of which 7.02 square miles (18.18 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Chillicothe lies near the Grand River.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.5% White, 3.7% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,612 homeholds of which 29.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families.
35.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 39.6 years.
21.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.3% were from 25 to 44; 24.3% were from 45 to 64; and 18.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.86% White, 3.69% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.35% from other competitions, and 1.29% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,608 homeholds out of which 28.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families.
35.9% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,053, and the median income for a family was $40,163.
About 9.6% of families and 13.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.
The Chillicothe R-II School District provides preschool through 12th undertaking education as well as some other educational programs to students in and around Chillicothe. Chillicothe High School (9th-12th grade) Chillicothe Alternative School (9th-12th grade) Chillicothe Middle School (6th-8th grade) City of Chillicothe, a.k.a.
On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company began selling pre-sliced bread "at character grocers in the area", marking the first time sliced bread was available commercially in the world.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Chillicothe R-II School District".
"Chillicothe R2 District Map" (PDF).
"Missouri References by Heinlein".
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