Chili is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Crawford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio Crawford Township is one of the twenty-two civil township, townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 1,950. Geography Located in the northeaster ...

, United States.

History

Chili originally grew up around a blacksmith shop which was established there. The community was

plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...

ted in 1834. A post office opened under the name Winklepeck's in 1834, the name was changed to Chili in 1838, and the post office closed in 1908. The distinguished surgeon

George Washington Crile George Washington Crile (November 11, 1864 – January 7, 1943) was an American surgeon. Crile is now formally recognized as the first surgeon to have succeeded in a direct blood transfusion. He contributed to other procedures, such as neck d ...

was born in Chili.

References

Populated places in Coshocton County, Ohio {{CoshoctonCountyOH-geo-stub