Chillicothe’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Chillicothe. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chillicothe is on U.S. Route 287 (US 287), Farm to Market Road 91, Farm to Market Road 2006, and the Fort Worth and Denver and Santa Fe railroads in eastern Hardeman County. It was founded in the early 1880s and developed rapidly after the construction of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway in 1887. The community, named by A. E. Jones for his hometown in Missouri, grew up on Wanderer's Creek near the headquarters of W. H. Worsham's R2 Ranch in the 1870s. The post office was established in 1883 with Charles E. Jones as postmaster. A fire destroyed the town in 1890, and citizens rebuilt south of the rail line rather than north.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Chillicothe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chillicothe’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Chillicothe, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Chillicothe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chillicothe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Quanah Commercial Historic District in Quanah, 13.1 miles away.
Chillicothe and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Texas - Hardeman County - ED 99-5, ED 99-6, ED 99-7, ED 99-8, ED 99-9, … (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.