Little Chicago is an
unincorporated community in
Pickaway County
Pickaway County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,539. Its county seat is Circleville. Its name derives from the Pekowi band of Shawnee Indians, who inhabited the area. (See List of Ohio count ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Ohio.
The community has been incorporated into the Village of
Ashville, Ohio
Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,097 at the 2010 census. Ashville is located five miles south of Columbus and six miles north of Circleville.
History
Long before the American settlement of Ohio ...
.
History
The community was established as a
railroad town. It was the area that surrounded the tracks of the then Scioto Valley Railway which has since become owned by
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
.
[Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1141.]
References
Unincorporated communities in Pickaway County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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