Welcome to Pickaway County OHGenWeb

This county was established in 1810 from Ross, Fairfield, Hocking, and Franklin Counties. The county seat of this county is the city of Circleville. Pickaway is a Native American word meaning "man risen from ashes."

We hope you find our efforts helpful in researching of your County roots. We are unable to do additional research on your family as we do not have direct access to records.

On the Table of Contents page you will find "Research Help" and links to all of the records that have been added to the site.   All files are "as is" and we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information contained in this database.

Please use the contact us link if you have material to contribute, report a broken link or if you would like to volunteer to do lookups and/or transcribe material to be placed on the site. 

Surrounding Counties

Fayette, Madison, Ross,

Fairfield, Hocking, Franklin

Many thanks to the previous County Coordinators, Anna Kasper 2021-2026 | 2012-2017 Stephanie Ebel | 2008-2011 Chyrl Lawrence-Bulger | 2005-2007 Lorraine Newsome | 2005 Denise Woodside and Rachel Meyer 1996 - 2004.

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