Editing Chillicothe, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Scioto ChillicotheOH.jpg|thumb|The [[Scioto River]] at Chillicothe in 2003]]

Chillicothe lies within the [[ecoregion]] of the [[Western Allegheny Plateau (ecoregion)|Western Allegheny Plateau]].<ref name=hort.purdue.edu>{{cite web|title=Level III Ecoregions of Ohio|url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/ohio/maps/OHeco3.html|work=National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory|publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|access-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712165151/http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/ohio/maps/OHeco3.html|archive-date=July 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It lies between the [[Scioto River]] and [[Paint Creek (Scioto River)|Paint Creek]] near their confluence.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.60|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.43|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref>

The city is surrounded by farming communities, and Chillicothe residents describe the area as the foothills of the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachians]].{{citation needed|date= June 2024}}