Lucasville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,655 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portsmouth micropolitan area.
Lucasville is the location of the Scioto County Fairgrounds. The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, one of Ohio's three maximum security prisons and the location of Ohio's death house where death row inmates are executed, is located just outside Lucasville. The community is served by the Portsmouth Public Library, as well as the Valley Local School District and Northwest Local School District.
History
Lucasville was laid out by Captain John Lucas (1788-1825) in 1819, and named for him. A post office called Lucasville has been in operation since 1828.
John Lucas was the brother of Robert Lucas, a War of 1812 hero, two-term governor of Ohio (1832-1836), and the first territorial governor of Iowa. John volunteered for service and commanded a regiment during the War of 1812. Upon the death of his father in 1814, John inherited much of his family's property in Scioto County, and it was on a portion of this land that he would establish the town of Lucasville on August 7, 1819. He and his wife, Mary Lucas, ran a tavern in Lucasville until his death in 1825. He is interred in Lucasville Cemetery.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 2.5 square miles (6.5 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km<sup>2</sup>), or 1.57%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census