- Pickrelltown, Ohio
Pickrelltown is an unincorporated community located at the intersection of two roads (County Roads 28 and 29) in northern Monroe Township, Logan County,
Ohio ,United States . It has also been known as Frogtown, and its current name has also been spelled Pickereltown, Pickeretown, and Pickreltown. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1061538 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report] ,Geographic Names Information System ,1979-07-12 . Accessed2008-01-10 .] The community consists of a few homes and a small church, plus a historic monument (a memorial to fallen soldiers from the community) placed in the middle of the intersection. The monument was destroyed in April 2000 [ [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/OHLOGAN/2000-04/0956785379 Monument Destroyed] , "Bellefontaine Examiner",2000-04-20 . Accessed2008-01-10 .] , although it has since been replaced.Geography
Pickrelltown lies at an elevation of 1,411 feet (430 m) and is located at coor dms|40|17|59|N|83|39|37|W|city (40.2997777, -83.6602083), 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. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth:
DeLorme , 2004, p. 56. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.]Notable natives
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Solomon L. Hoge —South Carolina Supreme Court justice and U.S. representative from South CarolinaReferences
External links
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]
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