Franklin County's first newspaper was born 200 years ago

According to a joint project  by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, called Chronicaling America the first volume of the Western Intelligencer, the first volume of the Worthington Ohio based newspaper was published July 17, 1811. 

The Western Intelligencer was published as a weekly newspaper from 1811 to 1817.  James Kilbourne was the publisher of the Western Intelligencer, Franklin County's first newspaper.

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I believe The Western Intelligencer was published in the Kilbourne's building at 681 High St. in Worthington pictured.

Worthington in Franklin County Ohio - 200 +/-  years 

Worthington Ohio, a New England Village 

Worthington - National Historic District

Old Worthington real estate office - 2011