Worthington, Ohio, United States

🇺🇸 Worthington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, and is a northern suburb of Columbus. The city was founded in 1803 by the Scioto Company led by James Kilbourne, who was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, and named in honour of Thomas Worthington, who later became governor of Ohio.

First settlement On May 5, 1802, a group of prospective settlers founded the Scioto Company at the home of Rev. Eber B. Clark in Granby, Connecticut for the purpose of forming a settlement between the Muskingum River and Great Miami River in the Ohio Country. James Kilbourne was elected president and Josiah Topping secretary.

On August 30, 1802, James Kilbourne and Nathaniel Little arrived at Colonel Thomas Worthington's home in Chillicothe, Ohio. They tentatively reserved land along the Scioto River on the Pickaway Plains for their new settlement.

On October 5, 1802, the Scioto Company met in Granby, Connecticut and decided not to purchase the lands along the Scioto River on the Pickaway Plains, but rather to buy land 30 miles (48 km) farther north from Dr. Jonas Stanbery and his partner, an American Revolutionary War general, Jonathan Dayton. Sixteen thousand acres (65 km²) were purchased along the Whetstone River (now known as the Olentangy River) at $1.50 per acre. This land was part of the United States Military District surveyed by Israel Ludlow in 1797 and divided into townships 5 miles (8.0 km) square.

On April 29, 1865, at Appx 6:50 AM, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train passed thru Worthington en route to the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

Transportation Worthington's downtown centres around the intersection of Ohio State Route 161 and U.S. Route 23. In addition, the 315 expressway and Interstate 71 flank Worthington's west and east ends respectively, and Worthington is accessible by Interstate 270, a ring road surrounding Columbus which itself cuts through the northern end of Worthington.

Public transport is minimal in Worthington, though the Central Ohio Transit Authority operates bus line 102 along High Street. The only rail transport near Worthington is a Norfolk Southern Railway line parallel to I-71.

The Ohio State University Airport is the nearest general aviation airport to the city, and passengers are served by Columbus's two airports: John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Rickenbacker International Airport.