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Although surrounded by the Columbus Metropolitan Area, Worthingtonians like to think of their city as a distinctive community – retaining characteristics of the nineteenth-century village that was platted in New England, settled a decade before the city of Columbus, and serving as the market center for surrounding farms well into the 20th century.

Picture of Potters Creek Sign Picture of Ville Charmante Sign

The Worthington Historical Society commemorated the diversity of the city’s neighborhoods in 2006 with the publication of Worthington Neighborhoods. This includes narrative histories and plat maps of twenty-three neighborhoods, and an index of ninety-two neighborhoods with their date of formation, location, and plat book reference in the county recorder’s office.

The chart below lists the 23 Worthington Neighborhoods included in the book.

Neighborhood Date Key Feature
Old Worthington
Morris Addition
Elmwood/Linworth
Chaseland
Riverlea
Davis Estate Subdivision
Colonial Hills
Forrest Detrick/Fox Lane
Medick Estates
Wilson Hill
Beechview/M.A.Rusk
Rush Creek
Kilbourne Village
Plesenton Place
Worthington Estates
Worthington Hills
Worthingway
Toll Gate Square
Dupre Heights
Olentangy Hills
Potter's Creek
Woods at the Josephinum
Kenyon Brook
1803
1855
1888
1902
1924
1926
1927-41
1940
1953
1951-54
1952-55
1956
1957-60
1955-58
1959-70
1963-68
1963-65
1963
1966
1968-70
1977-82
1978-83
1987
Original plat
1st subdivision, ministers & blacks
Railroad station
Interurban steetcar
1st residential building covenants
Walnut Grove Cemetery approach
WWII Defense Homes Corp.
Worthington Mfg. Co. & Camp Lyon
Boulder Lodge estate
Orange Johnson Farm
Northlawn Burial Park conflict
Frank Lloyd Wright inspiration
Episcopal Church farm lot
Prehistoric Indian mound
Outerbelt building boom
Golf course, Parade of Homes
Methodist Children's Home
1st condo plat in county
Dupre Nursery
1-270 and Worthington Mall
Potter farm & Fieldstone Lake
Pontifical College Josephinum
Edwin Albaugh "House Beautiful"

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