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Pike County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- February 1, 1815
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Seat
- Waverly
- Largest city
- Waverly
- Total
- 444 sq mi (1,150 km )
- Land
- 440 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 3.7 sq mi (9.6 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,061
- Density
- 61/sq mi (24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Waverly
- Capital
- Waverly
- Population
- 27088
- Area
- 1150
- Shares border with
- Scioto County
- Official website
- www.pikecountyohcommissioners.gov
- Image
- Pike County Courthouse in Waverly.jpg
- Households
- 11037
- Licence plate code
- 66
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pike County, Ohio
- different from
- Pike County
- Commons category
- Pike County, Ohio
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- inception
- 1815-02-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pike County, Ohio
- native label
- Pike County
- per capita income
- 26006
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Encyclopedic overview
Pike County is a county located in the Appalachian (southern) region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,088. Its county seat is Waverly, and the county is named for explorer Zebulon Pike.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pike County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.