The Chillicothe Gazette is Ohio's oldest newspaper. The daily newspaper is based in Chillicothe, Ohio, the seat of Ross County, and is owned by USA Today Co. A complete file is in the library of the Ohio Historical Society in Cincinnati.
History
On November 9, 1793, William Maxwell published the first edition of The Centinel of the Northwest Territory, a weekly newspaper in Cincinnati. It was the first paper published in the Northwest Territory.
Subscription was "250 cents" per annum, and 7 cents a single copy. The motto of the Centinel: "Open to all Parties -- but influenced by none," expressed the publisher's aims: to afford an isolated community a medium to make known its varied wants and to record local happenings, as well as those of the outside world.