Pickrelltown, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States

40°17′59″N 83°39′37″W / 40.29972°N 83.66028°W / 40.29972; -83.66028CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyLoganTownship MonroeElevation

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1,414 ft (431 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID1061538^[1]

Pickrelltown is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.^[1]

The settlement is located at the intersection of County Roads 28 and 29 in northern Monroe Township.

Variant names of Pickrelltown include "Frogtown", "Pickereltown", "Pickeretown", and "Pickreltown".^[1]

History

A post office was established at Pickrelltown in 1851, and remained in operation until 1903.^[2] The community was named for Henry Pickerel, the proprietor of a local tanyard.^[3]

Geography

Pickrelltown is a short distance south of Mad River Mountain Ski Resort and southeast of Bellefontaine. The headwaters of the Macochee Creek, a small stream that meets the Mad River at West Liberty, are located around Pickrelltown.^[4]

Pigeon Town, a town of the Shawnee Mekoche division, was located on Mad River, 3 miles northwest of West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.^[5]

Notable people

Solomon L. Hoge — South Carolina Supreme Court justice and U.S. representative from South Carolina

Gallery

World War I veterans memorial in Pickrelltown (2010 photo). The 8 ft (2.4 m) high granite monument was erected in 1921, and has twice been rebuilt after vehicles crashed into it.^[6]^[7]
Rebuilt veterans memorial following its destruction in 2014.^[6]

Monroe Township hall at Pickrelltown.
Monroe Community Church at Pickrelltown.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickrelltown, Ohio
^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 110.
^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 56. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
^ "Shawnee Indian Tribe History". Access Genealogy. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Tipple, Bill (April 28, 2014). "Serious Injury Crash in Pickrelltown, Monument Destroyed". PeakOfOhio.com.
^ "Monument Destroyed". Bellefontaine Examiner. April 20, 2000.