Pickaway is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Pickaway is located on U.S. Route 219, northeast of Union.
Pickaway, West Virginia | |
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 View along U.S. Route 219 in Pickaway in 2022 | |
  Pickaway, West Virginia  Pickaway, West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 37°38′18″N 80°30′22″W / 37.63833°N 80.50611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Monroe |
| Elevation | 2,172 ft (662 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 304 & 681 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1544791[1] |
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
edit- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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