Joseph Darlinton (July 19, 1765 – August 2, 1851) was an American politician in the U.S. state of Ohio and in the Northwest Territory prior to Ohio statehood. Darlinton represented Adams County as a member of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. Darlinton also served as a delegate to the convention that drafted the first state constitution for Ohio. He owned the land, and laid out the town of Winchester, Ohio. He named it for Winchester, Virginia, where he grew up, but never re-visited. He eventually had eight children.