Pickaway, West Virginia

Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
37°38′18″N 80°30′22″W / 37.63833°N 80.50611°W / 37.63833; -80.50611CountryUnited StatesStateWest VirginiaCountyMonroeElevation
2,172 ft (662 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)304 & 681GNIS feature ID1544791[1]

Pickaway is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Pickaway is located on U.S. Route 219, northeast of Union.

The community was named after Ohio's Pickaway Plains region.[2] The Pickaway Rural Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[3]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 484.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Methodist church in 2020
Cattle farm in Pickaway in 2022
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