Pickrelltown, Ohio

Pickrelltown is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio. 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 Mekoche division, was located on Mad River, 3 miles northwest of West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.

Notable people

Solomon L. Hoge — South Carolina Supreme Court justice and U.S. representative 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.