Editing Circleville, Ohio (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Circleville Pumpkin Water Tower crop.jpg|thumb|The Circleville Pumpkin Water Tower]]
During April 1967, Bingman's Drug Store and several neighboring buildings on West Main Street in downtown Circleville were destroyed. Lee Holbrook, the husband of a drug store employee, brought a wooden box containing bundled [[dynamite]] into the store, wherein it detonated during a struggle with the store's staff. Holbrook and four employees died in the blast and ensuing fire, and nearly thirty others were injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170415/bombing-in-67-rocked-united-circleville|title=Bombing in '67 rocked, united Circleville|last=Zachariah|first=Holly|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|date=15 April 2017|access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.circlevilleherald.com/news/new-book-focuses-on-circleville-bombing/article_0ecd7487-2e8a-5d0a-a064-feda69efd940.html|title=New book focuses on 1967 Circleville bombing|last=Collins|first=Steven|publisher=Circleville Herald|date=23 March 2017|access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref>Foster, J.; Red Raku Press (2017), When Normal Blew Up: The Story of the People Who Died and the People Who Lived on, Lockhart, Texas.</ref>

On October 13, 1999, an [[Tornado intensity|F-3]] tornado hit the city, set off by a squall line moving through the region. The tornado touched down on the north side of town, dealing considerable damage to a barber's shop and a masonry building. A furniture store also received a hole in its roof, and it was reported that items from inside the store were sucked out.<ref name="NWSDamage">
{{cite web|url=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/101399pns.htm |title=October 13, 1999 Public Information Statement |website=NOAA.gov |publisher=[[National Weather Service]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], US Dept. of Commerce |location=Wilmington, Ohio |date=October 14, 1999 |access-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030310012352/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/101399pns.htm |archive-date=March 10, 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Damage to nearby buildings occurred as the tornado moved east across the north-central part of town. The tornado moved into a residential area in the Northwood Park neighborhood, destroying several homes and damaging trees and vehicles.