CHILLICOTHE, a city of northern Missouri, U.S.A., on the Grand river, 8om. N.E. of Kansas City; the county seat of Liv ingston county. It is on Federal highways 36 and 65 and 23 other roads, and is served by the Burlington, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, and the Wabash railways. Pop. 6,772 in 1920, and was 8,177 in 1930 by the Federal census. Coal and lime stone abound in the vicinity, and much live stock is raised. The city has various manufacturing industries, and is one of the principal assembling points for dairy products in the State. The State industrial school for girls is here.
Chillicothe was settled about 1830. The town was laid out in 1837 on land granted by the Federal Government, and the city was incorporated in 1855. A famous tavern of the '5os, kept by "Uncle Johnny" Graves, is now a beautiful private residence. A tablet on the county Court-house commemorates the death, in 1868, of Nelson Kneass, composer of the music for "Ben Bolt," who drifted here with a travelling theatrical troupe.