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Pickaway County, Ohio

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47newspaper titles

0digitized titles

33historic places

1811earliest paper

1810formed

58,539pop. 2020

86cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 47 newspaper titles published in Pickaway County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1811. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Circleville, Williamsport, Ashville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Pickaway

Library of Congress

47 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Fredonian	Chillicothe, Circleville	1811–1815
Olive Branch	Circleville	1817–1826
Olive Branch and Pickaway Herald	Circleville	1826–1830
Circleville Herald, and Ohio Olive-Branch	Circleville	1830–1832
Circleville Herald	Circleville	1832–1837
Ohio Observer	Circleville	1833–?
Religious Telescope	Circleville	1834–1850
The Independent American and Circleville Herald	Circleville	1837–1838
The Circleville Herald	Circleville	1838–1861
Democratic Whip	Circleville	1843–1843
The Circleville Watchman	Circleville	1843–1899
Circleville Democratic Guard and Pickaway and Fayette Pilot	Circleville	1844–1845
The Watchman	Circleville	1845–1849
Der Deutsche Telescope	Circleville	1847–1849
Der Deutsche Telescope	Circleville	1847–1849
Circleville Watchman	Circleville	1849–1862
Religious Telescope	Dayton, Circleville	1850–1946
Religious Telescope	Dayton, Circleville	1850–1946
The Circleville Union	Circleville	1861–1870
The Circleville Democrat	Circleville	1862–1870
Circleville Herald and Union	Circleville	1870–1872
The Circleville Democrat and Watchman	Circleville	1870–1916
The Circleville Herald	Circleville	1870–1884
The Herald and Union	Circleville	1872–1876
The Union-Herald	Circleville	1877–1888
The New Holland Record	New Holland	1882–1899
Ashville Enterprise	Ashville	1883–1899
The Circleville Herald	Circleville	1883–1999
The Circleville Democratic Herald	Circleville	1884–1888
The Williamsport Rip-Saw	Williamsport	1886–1889
The New Holland Leader	New Holland, New Holland	1887–1981
Democratic Herald	Circleville	1888–1909
Plain Talk	New Holland, New Holland	1888–1891
The Circleville Union-Herald	Circleville	1888–1927
Williamsport's Rag-Baby	Williamsport	1888–1888
The Williamsport News	Williamsport	1889–1979
Pickaway County News	Ashville	1895–1904
The Daily Union-Herald	Circleville	1900–1927
Ashville Home News	Ashville	1904–1915
The Pickaway County News	Ashville	1915–1999
The Democrat and Watchman	Circleville	1916–1925
The Circleville Watchman	Circleville	1925–1927
The Circleville Herald	Circleville	1927–?
The Circleville Union-Herald and Watchman	Circleville	1927–1929
The Circleville Union-Herald	Circleville	1929–1956
The Circleville Courier	Circleville	1940–1951
The Pickerington News	Pickerington	1983–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18101864191819722026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson, William Marshall, House	Circleville	Building	1979
Arledge Mounds I and II	Circleville	Structure	1974
Ashville Depot	Ashville	Building	1980
Bazore Mill	Williamsport	Building	1978
Bellevue	Kingston	Building	1976
Black, Joseph, Farmhouse	Circleville	Building	1982
Bulen, Granville M., House and Farm Complex	Lockbourne	Building	2014
Circleville High School	Circleville	Building	2015
Circleville Historic District	Circleville	District	1978
Clemmons, W.C., Mound	Fox	Structure	1974
Fleming-Hoffman Farm	Circleville	District	2022
Fridley-Oman Farm	Marcy	Building	1975
Gill-Morris Farm	Circleville	Building	1986
Gregg-Crites Octagon House	Circleville	Building	2021
Horn Mound	Tarlton	Structure	1974
Horsey-Barthelmas Farm	Circleville	Building	1980
Lawndale Farm Complex	Circleville	Building	1984
Luthor List Mound	Circleville	Structure	1974
McCrea, Matthew, House	Circleville	Building	1988
Memorial Hall	Circleville	Building	1980
Morris House	Circleville	Building	1979
Mount Oval	Circleville	Building	1974
Ohio and Erie Canal Southern Descent Historic District	Ashville	District	2019
Perrill-Goodman Farm House	Groveport	Building	1985
Peters, Stevenson, House	Circleville	Building	1984
Redlands	Circleville	Building	1982
Renick Farm	South Bloomfield	Building	1982
Saint Philip's Episcopal Church	Circleville	Building	1986
Scioto Township District No. 2 Schoolhouse	Orient	Building	1987
Shack, The	Williamsport	Building	1974
Tick Ridge Mound District	Williamsport	District	1975
Walling, Ansel T., House	Circleville	Building	1987
Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House	Circleville	Building	1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pickaway was formed in 1810 (1810-03-01) from Fairfield, Franklin, Ross.

PICKAWAY created from FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, and ROSS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pickaway County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,124	13,149	19,725	23,469	27,415	27,016	25,788	27,889	29,352	35,855	43,662	52,727	58,539

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
HOCU	Park unit	30.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

86 cemeteries and 15 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 86 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
A R Duvall Cemetery	39.7447	-82.9233
Alkire Cemetery	39.56508	-83.12252
Alkire Cemetery	39.72758	-83.24379
Arron Kellar Farm Cemetery	39.60287	-83.23667
Arthur Dunlap Farm Cemetery	39.61781	-83.14297
Ashville Cemetery	39.71515	-82.94335
Beckett Cemetery	39.77666	-83.0585
Bethany Cemetery	39.64395	-82.86434
Bowsher Cemetery	39.64597	-82.96448
Caldwell Farm Cemetery	39.75383	-83.0168
Cedar Grove Cemetery	39.52423	-83.23408
Chester Peters Cemetery	39.68284	-82.83573
Chipman Cemetery	39.56894	-83.01073
Christian Cemetery	39.58705	-83.11973
Conklin Cemetery	39.77605	-82.85916
Curt Knisley Farm Cemetery	39.64965	-83.16801
Darbyville Cemetery	39.69173	-83.11296
Dry Run Cemetery	39.66776	-82.90339
Dungan Farm Cemetery	39.51658	-83.03798
East Union Cemetery	39.70939	-82.83742
Ebenezer Cemetery	39.53673	-82.9224
Emerson Cemetery	39.53312	-82.95657
Emmitt Chapel Cemetery	39.51449	-82.97092
Florence Cemetery	39.66842	-83.09949
Forest Cemetery	39.61549	-82.94298
Fryback Cemetery	39.54201	-82.97379
Grant Campbell Farm Cemetery	39.54312	-83.2063
Greenland Cemetery	39.6994	-83.19363
Gulick Cemetery	39.72756	-83.12269
Hanson Cemetery	39.55135	-83.10376
Harrison Township Cemetery	39.7109	-82.99074
Hebron Church Cemetery	39.62562	-83.1913
Herrenstine Cemetery	39.65385	-83.03793
High Street Cemetery	39.60302	-82.93945
Hinton Farm Cemetery	39.61371	-83.17405
Hitler Ludwig Cemetery	39.57223	-82.92055
Hoover Hill Cemetery	39.70988	-82.92122
Hott Farm Cemetery	39.71984	-83.06535
Hulse Farm Cemetery	39.62112	-83.02111
Imler Cemetery	39.51701	-82.81434
Infirmary Cemetery	39.61839	-82.86739
Jackson Township Cemetery	39.65156	-83.00851
James Borror Farm Cemetery	39.75186	-83.01514
Johnson Cemetery	39.59038	-83.10713
Lewis Farm Cemetery	39.59032	-83.17964
Lewis Farm Cemetery	39.65142	-83.2359
Lutheran Cemetery	39.66479	-82.86212
Marcy Cemetery	39.75475	-82.82816
McKinley Cemetery	39.71175	-83.13304
Meade Cemetery	39.50423	-82.87629
Methodist Cemetery	39.5875	-83.11828
Monnett Cemetery	39.47629	-82.79552
Morris United Brethren Cemetery	39.56437	-82.89167
Mount Herman Cemetery	39.70121	-82.92206
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	39.56701	-83.06796
New Holland Cemetery	39.55951	-83.26158
New Holland Cemetery	39.55978	-83.26158
Orient Feeble Minded Institute Cemetery	39.79702	-83.15423
Paul Peters Farm Cemetery	39.79506	-82.98879
Peck Farm Cemetery	39.51787	-83.10446
Pontious Chapel Cemetery	39.60098	-82.89314
Prairieview Cemetery	39.48371	-82.8322
Presbyterian Cemetery	39.7609	-83.05046
Reber Hill Cemetery	39.6835	-82.89188
Renick Cemetery	39.65704	-83.06653
Rice and Black Cemetery	39.54347	-82.86423
Rife Farm Cemetery	39.62257	-82.97367
Ritter Cemetery	39.67423	-82.85129
Saint Joseph Cemetery	39.6183	-82.94476
Saint Pauls Evangelical Cemetery	39.59256	-82.87184
Shelby Farm Cemetery	39.55228	-82.8974
Shilo Cemetery	39.65817	-83.18068
Shortridge Farm Cemetery	39.62367	-82.97945
Smith Farm Cemetery	39.5153	-83.10358
Springlawn Cemetery	39.58423	-83.12546
Stout Cemetery	39.62487	-82.84311
Stumpf Cemetery	39.49701	-82.75656
Tanquary Cemetery	39.53565	-83.20131
Tarbill Cemetery	39.53681	-83.1723
Tarlton Cemetery	39.55506	-82.77378

Historical populated places — 15 of 15

Name	Lat	Lon
Bells	39.65423	-82.95657
Cromley	39.70173	-82.95463
Dorney	39.55784	-82.94101
Fairview	39.64701	-82.95212
Gray	39.74951	-82.96046
Griffith	39.72367	-82.95713
Hagerty	39.66895	-82.95713
Hooven	39.52256	-82.93601
Miller	39.56617	-82.94074
Nebraska	39.70423	-82.89212
Rhoads	39.68367	-82.95601
Sheldon	39.62228	-82.94101
Spunkeytown	39.59923	-82.97213
Squawtown	39.50923	-82.98324
Voorheis	39.63534	-82.94657

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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