Worthington History Subject Index
These subject in the Worthington Historical Society archives are available to researchers by appointment. These files contain quite varied information on the listed subjects that has been given to us by researchers. Some are quite thick and others contain only one or two items. Most of this is secondary material, some from printed sources, some from oral family histories. Some of the photos are from newspapers and some are photocopies of originals in our archives. Photocopies of text and scans of original photos may be made for a charge depending on the number of pages copied or scanned. Contact info@worthingtonhistory.org
Updated 8/25/2026
America 250
American Legion Post 2398 and VFW
Annexations
Architectural Styles
Architectural Review Board
Automobile Owners 1912
Baseball- Worthington Baseball Team
Bicentennial see Events
Black History
Anti-Slavery Society
Blacks in Worthington
Juneteenth Commemoration
Ohio Historical Marker for Morris Addition and St. John’s AME
Underground Railroad See also Redlining
Bicycles
Board of Zoning Appeals
Boy Scouts
Bricks and Brickyards
Business Directories
Business Locations Historically
Businesses
A and M. House
Adams the Druggist
Anderson Frame Des
Ann-Tons Restaurant
Antlab, Inc
Beckett’s Doll House see Family Files Beckett, Don and Jean
Bib and Tucker
Birnies’ Drug Store
Brookside Country Club
Bliss Restaurant
Colonial Cleaners
Colonial Realty
Conklins Restaurant see Vertical File-Buildings and Sites-666 High St
Cottage Inn
Dairy Queen
Denig Jewelers
Ellis Shoe Repair
Ella Nora Nursing Home see Vertical File-Buildings and Sites 571 High Street
Farmer’s Market
Harris Mineral Well
Herm Beck Motors
Holiday Inn
Home Market
Howard Johnson
John Woods IGA
Katy’s Restaurant (Koehler’s Restaurant)
Kurtzman Motors
Leasure’s Drug Store see Vertical File-Buildings and Sites-635 High Street
Lane’s Coach House see Vertical File-Buildings and Sites-Ripley House
Laurels, The see Worthington Convalescent Center
Lemley & Van Fossen Grocery
Long’s Drug Store see also P and F Vest Family
Maple Lee Flowers see also Vertical File- Buildings and Sites- 615 High Street
Maxton Chevrolet
Mel Thomas Garage
Moody’s Paper Store see Family File-Moody, Charles and Family
Nicklaus Drug Store
Norma’s Restaurant
Ohio State Bank
Owens Construction
Park Federal Bank
Potter Lumber-see Vertical File-People and Families-Potter Family
R H Smith Electric Corporation
Ross Leppert Real Estate
Russ Davis Electronics
Russ Eicher Insurance
Sharon Square Barbers
Sheri-Lou Nursing Home
Shindle Hardware Store
Studio II
Swim Inc.
S. Bank
Villa Nova
Wander, R.W. Inc see Worthington History-Railroads
Wendt-Bristol Drug Store
Wood’s IGA
Worthington Barber Shop
Worthington Ford
Worthington Foods
Worthington Hardware see Buildings and Sites- Worthington Hardware
Worthington Jewelers
Worthington Kroger
Worthington Lumber Supply
Worthington News see Vertical File-Family File-Insley, Walter and family
Worthington Nursing Home and Convalescent Center
Worthington Savings Bank-see also Vertical File-Family Files-Detrick, Forest R.
Worthington Shell Service
Yeram Watches and Jewelry
See also Buildings and Sites by Business Name
Campfire Girls
Census Records
Centennial-see Vertical File Events
City Annual Reports
City Council History
City Directories see also Directories in the WHS Library
City Government
Worthington Village Government 1836-1956
Elected Officials and Village Ordinance
Charter for Village
Ordinances for payment of Bills
City Planning and Progress
Capital Improvements Program 1973-1974-1975
Civil War see Wars in this file
Clintonville Club (Northern Kiwanis Club later)
Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike-see Roads and Turnpikes
Dances and Balls
Downtown Area
|Demographics 2023
Dry Laws
Eclipse April 8, 2024
Farming (1820s)
Fire Department see Worthington Division of Fire
Fire Marks see Worthington Division of Fire
Fires see Worthington Division of Fire
Flag
Fortnightly Club see B & S Libraries-Worthington Public Library
Fourth of July Celebrations-see also Vertical File-Buildings and Sites-Village Green
General History
Early Settlement 1803-1820
Birth of Our Town presentation by Frank Corbin
Founding of Worthington Mural
Division of Land 1803-1804
Origins of the Pioneers
Story of Worthington-Slide talk by Jane Trucksis
The Whetstone Venture
Nineteenth Century
Twentieth Century
1900
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990
2000s
Goodwill Tour Worthington 1928 see Maps-Worthington 1928
Gravel Pit Controversy
Harding Buller Foundation
Justices of the Peace
Kilbourne Players see Archives- Kilbourne Players
Lamplighters (Town Lamplighters)
Leadership Worthington
Markers see Town and Historic
Marriage Records
Militia and Muster Days see also Buildings and Sites-Village Green
Monroe, James Visit 1817
Municipal Planning Commission
Name of “Worthington” see Origin of the Name “Worthington”
National Register of Historic Places Designations
Native Americans in Worthington area
Prehistoric Hopewell Indians- Vertical File Buildings and Sites-Jeffers Mound
Wyandots See also Vertical File-People and Families-Leatherlips and Bill Moose
Northern Kiwanis-See Clintworth Club
Northwest Ordinances of 1787
Occupations in Historic Worthington
Old Worthington Association
Old Worthington Penny Gazette
Olde Worthington Business Association
Orange Johnson Singers
Origin of the Name “Worthington”
Pandemic of 2020-2021
Parks (Worthington)
Playhouse on the Green
Players Club see Worthington Players Club
Post Offices
Quincentennial see Events
Railroads and Interurban
Ghost Train Myth
Hoyer’s Folly (horse drawn rail car)
Redlining
Roads and Turnpikes
Sesquicentennial see Events
Scioto Company Pioneer Society (1990)
Scrip (Shinplasters) see also Vertical File-People and Families- Griswold, Ezra, Sr.
Sharon Township-History
Sharon Township Records
Singing School see Family Files-Carlos, Curtis
Street Names
Subdivisions and Neighborhoods
Chaseland
Colonial Hills
Grave Markers on Loveland Ave
Flint Ridge Terrace see Black History-Flint Ridge Terrace
Fox Lane
Indian Hills
Kenyon Brook see Family Files-Albaugh, Edwin and family
Medick Estates
Morris Addition see also Vertical File- Black History-Ohio Historical Marker
Potter’s Creek
Myth of the Potters Creek Ghost Train
Rush Creek see also Vertical File- Buildings and Sites- Rush Creek
Sanctuary
Wilson Hill
Worthington Estates
Worthington Hills
Telephone Exchange
Trees
Underground Railroad see Black History
Veterans
VFW see American Legion Post 2398
Village of Worthington see Worthington Village Government
Wars (in Chronological Order)
Revolutionary War-see also Cemeteries-St John’s Episcopal
War of 1812
Spanish American War
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Western Intelligencer
Winter Activities and Weather