Pickrelltown, Ohio

Pickrelltown, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Aerial view of Pickrelltown from the east
Location of Pickrelltown, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°17′59″N 83°39′37″W / 40.29972°N 83.66028°WCoordinates: 40°17′59″N 83°39′37″W / 40.29972°N 83.66028°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Logan
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1061538[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

• 
  Warld 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

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickrelltown
2. "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 110.
4. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 56. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
5. "Shawnee Indian Tribe History". Access Genealogy. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
6. Tipple, Bill (April 28, 2014). "Serious Injury Crash in Pickrelltown, Monument Destroyed". PeakOfOhio.com.
7. "Monument Destroyed". Bellefontaine Examiner. April 20, 2000.

External links

• Detailed Logan County map