City Of Worthington history

James Kilbourne established Worthington in 1804.

Secession and the politics of the Civil War, 1860–65The coming of the warThe political course of the warMoves toward emancipationSectional dissatisfaction

Grover Cleveland’s first termThe surplus and the tariffThe public domainThe Interstate Commerce ActThe election of 1888

The Benjamin Harrison administrationThe Sherman Antitrust ActThe silver issueThe McKinley tariffThe agrarian revoltThe PopulistsThe election of 1892

World War IIThe road to warThe United States at warWar productionFinancing the warSocial consequences of the warThe 1944 electionThe new United States role in world affairs

The peak Cold War years, 1945–60The Truman Doctrine and containmentPostwar domestic reorganizationThe Red ScareThe Korean WarPeace, growth, and prosperityEisenhower’s second termDomestic issuesWorld affairsAn assessment of the postwar era

The city is the site of the Ohio Railway Museum (1948). Although the city is mainly residential, there is some light industrial activity as well as business offices.

In 1954 when residents of the Colonial Hills subdivision circulated petitions to annex to Worthington, they had more residents than the village but together they had more than the 5000 residents required to be incorporated as a city with a city council/city manager charter.

When Interstate 270 was completed in 1975 defining Worthington’s northern boundary, growth again stabilized, although the present Worthington School District includes significant areas outside the city boundaries.

It was created on Friday, June 14, 2002.

The Iran nuclear deal, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, and the Ukraine crisis

The 2018 midterm elections