Chillicothe
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city in and county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Livingston
- Town large
- March 1st, 1855
- Type
- Township
- Mayor
- Theresa Kelly
- Total
- 7.16 sq mi (18.54 km )
- Land
- 7.14 sq mi (18.48 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 774 ft (236 m)
- Density
- 1,276.7/sq mi (492.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 29-13690
- Website
- www.chillicothecity.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Chillicothe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Livingston County
- Population
- 9107
- Area
- 18.212381
- Elevation
- 243
- Capital of
- Livingston County
- Official website
- www.chillicothecity.org
- Image
- Chili-livingston.jpg
- Households
- 3608
- Dialing code
- 660
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- Commons category
- Chillicothe, Missouri
- postal code
- 64601
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- P8168
- Dozmera
- water as percent of area
- 0.1362
- different from
- Chillicothe
- per capita income
- 21753
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Livingston County, Missouri, United States. The population was 9,107 at the 2020 census. The name "Chillicothe" is Shawnee for "big town". Chillicothe is known as "The Home of Sliced Bread". For many years its schools were segregated and African American students attended what eventually became known as Garrison School, named after William Lloyd Garrison.
History of Chillicothe and Livingston County
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chillicothe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.