unincorporated community
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Logan County, Ohio
Logan County is a county in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,150. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in t ...
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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".
History
A post office was established at Pickrelltown in 1851, and remained in operation until 1903. The community was named for Henry Pickerel, the proprietor of a local tanyard.
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.
Pigeon Town, a town of the
Shawnee
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Their precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed through Ohi ...
Mekoche
Mekoche (or Mequachake, Shawnee: ''mecoce'') is the name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee People. The Shawnee now exist as three federally recognized tribes located in the state of Oklahoma. The other four divisions are the Chalahgawth ...
division, was located on Mad River, 3 miles northwest of West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.
Notable people
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Solomon L. Hoge
Solomon Lafayette Hoge (July 11, 1836 – February 23, 1909) was a lawyer, soldier, judge and politician in Ohio and South Carolina.
Hoge was born in Pickrelltown, Ohio, and he received his early childhood education at the public schools in ...
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South Carolina Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of South Carolina is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices.
justice and
U.S. representative
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from South Carolina
Gallery
File:Pickrelltown monument.jpg, World War I veterans memorial in Pickrelltown (2010 photo). The high granite monument was erected in 1921, and has twice been rebuilt after vehicles crashed into it.
File:Monroe Township World War monument.jpg, Rebuilt veterans memorial following its destruction in 2014.
File:Monroe Township hall at Pickrelltown.jpg, Monroe Township hall at Pickrelltown.
File:Monroe Community Church at Pickrelltown, former.jpg, Monroe Community Church at Pickrelltown.