Pickaway, West Virginia

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
View along U.S. Route 219 in Pickaway in 2022
View along U.S. Route 219 in Pickaway in 2022
Pickaway, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Pickaway, West Virginia
Pickaway, West Virginia
Pickaway, West Virginia is located in the United States
Pickaway, West Virginia
Pickaway, West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°38′18″N 80°30′22″W / 37.63833°N 80.50611°W / 37.63833; -80.50611
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyMonroe
Elevation
2,172 ft (662 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1544791[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

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  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