Pickaway County, Ohio

Founding: 1810
Parent counties: Fairfield, Franklin, and Ross

Namesake: The Pekowi band of the Shawnee tribe
Seat: Circleville (1810–)

Land area: 501 square miles

Population (2020): 59,333

Population (historic): 7,124 (1810); 21,006 (1850); 27,415 (1880); 27,016 (1900); 27,238 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1880; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; nine villages; three CDPs; 15 townships

National Register listings: 33

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,252 (20.0%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,936
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,256

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,151
Average farm size (1920): 132.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany
_________________________________________________________________________________

Circleville

Namesake: A Hopewell mound that once existed within the city

Founding: 1810 (platting); 1810 (post office); 1814 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,927

Population (historic): 908 (1820); 3,411 (1850); 6,046 (1880); 6,991 (1900); 7,369 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1810–1900; 1910–1970; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,731 (28.4%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Redlands / Jacob Valentine Farm (1858–1860). 1970 North Court Street. Circleville. Greek Revival.
2. *George Gregg House (1855). Crites Road, west of Progress Parkway. Circleville. Gothic Revival.
3. House (c. 1880). 390 Kingston Pike. Circleville. Second Empire.
4. House (c. 1885). 2003 Kingston Pike. Circleville. Eastlake.
5. *House (1892). 11481 US Highway 62. Darby. Chateauesque/Classical Revival.
6. James Colwell Farm (c. 1835). 28795 State Route 207. Deer Creek.
7. William McCafferty House. 26400 Thompson Road. Deer Creek.
8. *Farm (1874). 9211 Ashville Pike. Harrison. Italianate.
9. *John Vause House (1857). 9331 Ashville Pike. Harrison. Italianate.
10. *Joseph Renick House (c. 1825/1857). 12585 US Highway 23. Harrison. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.
11. *Felix Renick Farm (c. 1830). 13705 US Highway 23. Harrison. Federal.
12. *William Foresman House (c. 1850). 5056 South Walnut Street. Harrison. Greek Revival. Razed.
13. *Henry Swearingen Log House (c. 1810). 20300 Florence Chapel Pike. Jackson.
14. *Circleville Pumping Station (1887). River Road, north of Big Darby Creek. Jackson. Gothic Revival. Razed.
15. *Joshua Fridley Farm (c. 1860). 12585 Fridley Road. Madison. Italianate.
16. *Zebulon Perrill Farm (1857). 9664 Goodman Road. Madison. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
17. *Isaac Fridley Farm (1856). 8978 Marcy Road. Madison. Gothic Revival.
18. *Jacob Hines House (1868). 11935 Winchester Road. Madison. Gothic Revival.
19. Henry Arnold Farm (c. 1850). 24581 Egypt Pike. Perry. Greek Revival.
20. *Oak Grove School (c. 1895). Hayesville Road and Pickaway–Salt Creek Road. Pickaway. Romanesque. Razed.
21. *Samuel Evans Farm (1844/1872). 2875 Kingston Pike. Pickaway. Italianate.
22. *Abel Jones House (1853). 26241 Kingston Pike. Pickaway. Greek Revival.
23. John Boggs House (c. 1840). 30622 Orr Road. Pickaway. Greek Revival.
24. *Farm (c. 1875). 3443 Radcliffe Road. Pickaway. Italianate.
25. *Bellevue / William Entrekin House (1840). 30474 State Route 159. Pickaway.
26. *Henry May House (c. 1865). 30999 State Route 159. Pickaway. Italianate.
27. *James Boggs House (1816). 4020 State Route 361. Pickaway.
28. *Lemuel Boggs House (c. 1855). 5769 State Route 361. Pickaway.
29. *Mount Oval / William Renick Farm (1832). 3601 US Highway 23. Pickaway. Federal.
30. *James Rice Farm (1827). 8738 Zane Trail Road. Pickaway. Federal.
31. *Joseph Shoemaker Farm (c. 1835). 545 West Main Street. Salt Creek. Federal.
32. George Dunkel Farm (1858). 15260 State Route 56. Salt Creek. Greek Revival/Italianate.
33. George Dunkel House (1853). 15089 Stumpf Road. Salt Creek. Greek Revival.
34. Peter Culp Farm (1823). 30563 Tarlton–Adelphi Road. Salt Creek. Federal.
35. Ohio State Farm for the Feeble-Minded (1898–1902). 11781 State Route 762. Scioto. Romanesque.
36. *William Cromley Farm (c. 1840/1880). 15304 Cromley Road. Walnut. Greek Revival/Italianate.
37. *Ezra Hedges House (c. 1855). 15667 Lockbourne Eastern Road. Walnut. Greek Revival/Italianate.
38. *Lewis Culp Farm (1858). 9160 State Route 752. Walnut. Gothic Revival.
39. Pickaway County Infirmary (1872–1873). Lancaster Pike. Washington. Second Empire. Razed.
40. John Leist House (c. 1840). Ringgold Southern Road, north of Old Tarlton Pike. Washington. Razed.
41. *Smith Horsey Farm (1825). 25963 State Route 104. Wayne. Greek Revival.