Local events in Pickerington
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Deep dives about Pickerington
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How Pickerington began
Pickerington grew from the eighty acres a Revolutionary War veteran named George Kirke claimed on the future townsite, land that Abraham Pickering later bought and platted into town lots in 1815. The county's own 1883 and 1912 histories say Pickering named the place Pickerington from the start; modern accounts instead hold that he first called it Jacksonville, for Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans, and that residents petitioned to rename it for Pickering only in 1827 -- the two versions cannot be fully reconciled from the sources at hand. The town stayed a small crossroads village of a few hundred people for more than a century, incorporating in 1881 and gaining little population until Columbus's eastward suburban growth reached it in the later twentieth century. Pickerington was certified a city in 1991, was named the 'Violet Capital of Ohio' in 1996, and since 1999 has been home to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, moved there from the American Motorcyclist Association's former Westerville headquarters.
Settled by or before 1806 (George Kirke, a Revolutionary War veteran, is recorded as the first resident, entering the 80 acres on which the town would stand; Abraham Pickering and his family emigrated to Fairfield County from Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1806), platted 1815 (Abraham Pickering, having bought the section of land including Kirke's claim, laid off a few lots), incorporated village, 1881; city, certified by the Ohio Secretary of State in 1991, by Abraham Pickering (1776-1833), born in Rockingham County, Virginia; his wife was Ann Looker.
Where the name comes from
The 1883 and 1912 Fairfield County histories agree that Abraham Pickering laid off the town's first lots in 1815 and 'gave them the name of Pickerington' directly, with no mention of any earlier name. Modern sources, including Wikipedia (citing William D. Overman's 1958 reference book 'Ohio Town Names') and a CityScene Columbus magazine history, instead state that Pickering first named the settlement Jacksonville on September 15, 1815, to honor Andrew Jackson's recent victory at the Battle of New Orleans, and that the Ohio legislature changed the name to Pickerington only in 1827 after a citizen petition. Both the 1883 and 1912 county histories were compiled from local recollection within living memory of the town's early decades and say nothing of a Jacksonville period; this discrepancy could not be resolved from the sources consulted.
Before the town
Fairfield County lies within the roughly two-thirds of Ohio that twelve Native nations, including the Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Miami and Odawa (Ottawa), ceded to the United States at the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, opening the area to the settlement that produced Pickerington two decades later. The 1883 county history's chapter on Violet Township, in which Pickerington stands, records that when the first settlers arrived 'Indians were few and friendly, and soon left for lands further west,' and that while they remained, 'the children of whites and Indians played together, amusing themselves by wrestling and running foot races.' No source consulted names a specific village, camp, or trail within the town's own boundaries, though two Adena burial mounds (the Fortner Mounds) stand just outside the city to the northeast, in Violet Township proper -- see that township's file for detail. No earlier Paleo-Indian, Archaic, or Hopewell material specific to the townsite was found in the sources consulted.
Nations recorded here: Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Miami, Ottawa.
Timeline
- — The Treaty of Greenville cedes most of Ohio, including the future site of Pickerington, to the United States.
- — Abraham Pickering and his family emigrate from Rockingham County, Virginia, and settle in Fairfield County.
- — Abraham Pickering, having bought the section of land that included Revolutionary War veteran George Kirke's earlier claim, lays off a few town lots; the 1883 and 1912 county histories state he named the place Pickerington directly.
- — Modern accounts (not corroborated by the 1883 or 1912 county histories) instead hold that Pickering named the new town Jacksonville on September 15, 1815, honoring Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans earlier that year.
- — By the modern accounts' version of events, the Ohio legislature changes the town's name from Jacksonville to Pickerington after a citizen petition honoring its founder.
- — The Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad reaches Pickerington, lifting the town's population from about 150 to 290 and the surrounding township's from 1,220 to 1,970.
- — Pickerington incorporates as a village.
- — Passenger rail service through Pickerington ends as automobile travel replaces it.
- — Freight rail service through Pickerington ends.
- — The American Motorcyclist Association forms the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation to build a national Hall of Fame and museum.
- — The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum opens to the public in August at the AMA's then-headquarters in Westerville, Ohio.
- — The Ohio Secretary of State certifies Pickerington as a city.
- — The Pickerington Carnegie Library and the Dovel-Bowers House are added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- — The Ohio Legislature designates Pickerington the 'Violet Capital of Ohio.'
- — The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum relocates to a purpose-built 26,000-square-foot building in Pickerington, opening with the exhibit '75 Years of Excitement' marking the AMA's diamond anniversary.
Stories
A Soldier's Claim, A Founder's Town
Before there was a town, there was a single log hut. George Kirke, who had served in the Revolutionary War, was the first person to settle on the eighty acres that would become Pickerington, building himself what the 1883 county history calls 'a very ordinary log hut... could hardly be called a dwelling.' Kirke used it as shelter from wild beasts and storms rather than as a proper home. A few years later Abraham Pickering, a Virginia-born veteran himself, bought the section of land that included Kirke's claim, and in 1815 laid out a handful of town lots -- reserving, according to a family sketch preserved in the 1912 county history, a site for a church, a site for a schoolhouse, and a site for a cemetery before selling anything else. Kirke's name appears nowhere on the map that resulted; the town instead carries Pickering's.
One Naming Story, Two Versions
Ask when Pickerington got its name and you will get two different answers depending on which shelf you pull the book from. The oldest sources -- an 1883 county history and a 1912 successor, both compiled from the recollections of people who had known the town's founders -- say plainly that Abraham Pickering laid off his lots in 1815 and gave the place his own name from the outset. Twentieth-century references tell a livelier story: that Pickering first called his new town Jacksonville, on September 15, 1815, to honor Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans, and that the name only became Pickerington in 1827 after townspeople petitioned the state legislature to honor their founder instead. Neither of the two nineteenth- and early twentieth-century county histories mentions a Jacksonville period at all. Which account is right could not be settled from the sources examined here; both are given rather than picking one.
A Village Wakes Up, Twice
For decades after its founding, Pickerington did little more than hold its ground. The 1883 county history reports that after its first promising years, the town 'came to a stand still with indications of finally dying out,' revived somewhat when the Hocking Valley Railroad reached it, declined again, and was only reawakened 'to new life' when the Ohio Central Railroad arrived. That pattern of long stillness followed by sudden change repeated itself a century later: Pickerington remained a village of a few hundred people until Columbus's suburbs finally reached it in the later twentieth century, when the town was certified a city in 1991 and, within a decade, had gained a national museum as a neighbor.
A National Museum Finds a Small Town
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum did not start out in Pickerington at all. The American Motorcyclist Association's affiliated heritage foundation opened it in August 1990 at the AMA's own headquarters building in Westerville, Ohio. Only in June 1999 did the museum move into a purpose-built, 26,000-square-foot home in Pickerington, marking the occasion with an exhibit called '75 Years of Excitement' for the AMA's diamond anniversary. The relocation gave the small Fairfield County city -- by then freshly promoted from village to city status and soon to be dubbed the 'Violet Capital of Ohio' -- a nationally known landmark and, eventually, the AMA's own headquarters as well.
Photographs
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wdzinc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: archive.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · cityscenecolumbus.com · motorcyclemuseum.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
4 places in Pickerington on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Dovel, J. H., FarmBuilding · Pickerington · listed 1982
- Address
- 660 N. Hill Rd.
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County · ZIP 43147
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1982
- NRIS reference number
- 82003566
- Coordinates
- 39.89934, -82.76537
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Dovel--Bowers HouseBuilding · Pickerington · listed 1993
- Address
- 380 W. Columbus St.
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County · ZIP 43147
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1993
- NRIS reference number
- 93000890
- Coordinates
- 39.88493, -82.76535
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Pickerington Carnegie LibraryBuilding · Pickerington · listed 1993
- Address
- 15 W. Columbus St.
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County · ZIP 43147
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1993
- NRIS reference number
- 93000892
- Coordinates
- 39.88384, -82.75351
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Pickerington DepotBuilding · Fairfield · listed 1990
- Address
- 50 N. Center St.
- Where
- Fairfield, Fairfield County · ZIP 43147
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1990
- NRIS reference number
- 90001119
- Coordinates
- 39.88546, -82.75414
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Five active wells drawing from the local buried-valley aquifer near Diley Road The water here
- Pickerington City47% of residentslocal buried-valley aquifer (wells near Diley Road)
- Fairfield County Utilities41% of residentsLocal groundwater wells (central Ohio, aquifer undocumented)
- Columbus Public Water System11% of residentsScioto River (Griggs & O'Shaughnessy), Hoover Reservoir on Big Walnut Ck, plus wells
- Canal Winchester City0% of residentsLocal groundwater wells (Franklin Co.)
- Lithopolis Village0% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Pickerington's boundary: 1 hospital, 1 dialysis center, 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 8 public schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 2 libraries, 2 museums, 1 police station, 4 public charging sites, 1 Superfund site and 5 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Hospitals (1)
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Ohiohealth Pickerington Methodist HospitalGeneral hospital · Pickerington
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1010 Refugee Rd, Pickerington, OH 43147
- County
- Fairfield County
- Beds
- 96
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Opened
- 2023-12-06
Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.
Dialysis centers (1)
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Fmc PickeringtonDialysis · Pickerington
- Address
- 1310 Hill Road North, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Dialysis stations
- 13
- Medicare star rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
- Shift starting after 5 pm
- Yes
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medicare certified since
- 2016-04-15
- Phone
- (614) 751-8660
- Medicare ID
- 362836
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).
Nursing homes (2)
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Pickerington Care and Rehabilitation3 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 1300 Hill Road North, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Certified beds
- 96
- Residents on an average day
- 68
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- EMBASSY HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (614) 863-1858
- Medicare ID
- 365636
- Map point
- the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Violet Springs Health Campus2 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 603 Diley Road, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Certified beds
- 58
- Residents on an average day
- 54
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 fine totalling $16,801 (latest 2024-03-12)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (614) 751-6413
- Medicare ID
- 366474
- Map point
- the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Violet Township Fire Department Station 591Pickerington
- Address
- 21 Lockville Road, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Coordinates
- 39.88374, -82.75378
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (8)
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Diley Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 750 Preston Trails Dr, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 564
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 25.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 85.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 138966
- NCES school ID
- 390468903554
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Heritage Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 100 N East St, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 391
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 19.2
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 80.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 142638
- NCES school ID
- 390468904603
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pickerington Academy2 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 90 N East St, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 135
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Report card, 2025-26
- 2 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 55.3%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 82.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 019617
- NCES school ID
- 390468906115
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pickerington Early Learning CenterPickerington
- Address
- 13430 Yarmouth Dr, Pickerington, OH 43147
- NCES school ID
- 390468910891
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Pickerington Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 775 Long Rd, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 585
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 23.4
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 85.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 029868
- NCES school ID
- 390468902689
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pickerington High School Central4 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 300 Opportunity Way, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 1,738
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 89.19
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 75.6%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 97.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 029876
- NCES school ID
- 390468902690
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School4.5 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 130 Hill Rd S, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 886
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 48
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 79.8%
- Ohio building IRN
- 112581
- NCES school ID
- 390468900171
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sycamore Creek Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Pickerington
- Address
- 500 Sycamore Creek St, Pickerington, OH 43147
- School district
- Pickerington Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 736
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 35
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 89.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 011368
- NCES school ID
- 390468905550
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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SR 256 over Sycamore CreekPoor · built 1971
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1971
- Length
- 30 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 2,509
- Coordinates
- 39.87907, -82.73280
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Public libraries (2)
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Pickerington Public LibraryCentral library · Pickerington
- Address
- 201 Opportunity Way, Pickerington, OH 43147
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Pickerington Public Library
- Open
- 3,432 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 24,992 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 208,884
- System's loans, FY2024
- 585,658
- People the system serves
- 55,517
- Phone
- (614) 837-4104
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Pickerington Public Library BsBookmobile stop · Pickerington
- Address
- 201 Opportunity Way, Pickerington, OH 43147
- What it is
- Bookmobile stop
- Library system
- Pickerington Public Library
- Open
- 1,300 hours a year, 52 weeks
- System's visits, FY2024
- 208,884
- System's loans, FY2024
- 585,658
- People the system serves
- 55,517
- Phone
- (614) 837-4104
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Motorcycle Hall Of Fame MuseumMuseum · Pickerington
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Pickerington
- Coordinates
- 39.93363, -82.78312
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Pickerington Violet Township Historical SocietyHistorical society · Pickerington
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Pickerington
- Coordinates
- 39.88383, -82.75346
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Pickerington Police DepartmentPickerington
- Address
- 1311 Refugee Road, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Coordinates
- 39.90975, -82.79238
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (4)
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PICK TOWN PMH 3 NORTH LOT8 Level 2 · Pickerington
- Address
- 1020 Refugee Rd, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Ports
- 8 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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PICKERINGTON EV 14 Level 2 · Pickerington
- Address
- 115 N Center St, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Ports
- 4 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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PICKERINGTON EV 3 DC fast1 DC fast · Pickerington
- Address
- 10503 Blacklick-Eastern Rd NW, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Ports
- 1 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS, CHAdeMO
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Shoppes at Stonecreek DC fast4 DC fast · Pickerington
- Address
- 1500 Stonecreek Dr S, Pickerington, OH 43147
- Ports
- 4 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS, CHAdeMO
- Network
- eVgo Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 877-455-3833
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Superfund sites (1)
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Pickerington Residential Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Pickerington
- Address
- 359 Leaning Sense Court, Pickerington, OH 43147
- County
- -- Not Defined -- County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000522783
- EPA registry ID
- 110072215131
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Spills reported since 2021 (5)
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Bentonite / Drilling Mud2024-09-17 · Pickerington
- Reported
- 2024-09-17
- What spilled
- Bentonite / Drilling Mud
- Largest amount reported
- 35 gallons
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2409EPA0001588
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2024-03-30 · Pickerington
- Reported
- 2024-03-30
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000497
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-06-08 · Pickerington
- Reported
- 2023-06-08
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0000946
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2022-05-17 · Pickerington
- Reported
- 2022-05-17
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2205EPA0000726
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)2026-06-21 · Pickerington
- Reported
- 2026-06-21
- What spilled
- Mercury / Quicksilver (Hg)
- Where
- Pickerington, Fairfield County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2606EPA0001123
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Pickerington, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43147 Pickerington | 51% | Five active wells drawing from the local buried-valley aquifer near Diley Road | 7.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1996 | Pickerington Local · 4.5 stars overall | 3.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43110 Columbus and Canal Winchester | 1% | South Well Field wells in Scioto valley sand and gravel, off Parsons Ave near Shadeville and Lockbourne | 7.9 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 2002 | Canal Winchester Local · 4 stars overall | 11% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Pickerington, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Bob McCracken 16, 40.0%; Jaclyn Rohaly 12, 30.0%; Kevin Kemper 6, 15.0%; Tricia Sanders 6, 15.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | PI For Member of Council at Large (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Brian Wisniewski 16, 34.78%; Crystal Hicks 14, 30.43%; Nicholas Derksen 16, 34.78% |
| 2023-11-07 | PI For Mayor | Lee Gray 24, 75.0%; Stanley T. Sidorski 8, 25.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Lee Gray 4,310, 56.64%; Toby Sidorski 3,299, 43.36% |
| 2023-11-07 | Council at Large | Nick Derksen 4,350, 31.63%; Crystal Hicks 4,695, 34.14%; Brian Wisniewski 4,707, 34.23% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 0 / 0 / 17; 2021 1 / 1 / 15; 2022 0 / 1 / 16; 2023 0 / 0 / 17; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 2 / 15.
- Financial Audit, 2025, released 2026-08-25
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-01-08
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-09-03
The county
Fairfield County: 13 ZIP codes, 27 cities, villages and townships, 144,692 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Pickerington, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.17 in
- 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
- rain so far in 2026
- 48.0 in
- 10.8 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 14.7 in
- a normal year brings 24.6 in
- a normal year
- 43.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.17 | — | 30 |
| September 2026 | 7.51 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 11.06 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.69 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.43 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 6.69 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 3.94 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 6.78 | 1.2 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.99 | 2.1 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.73 | 11.4 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.15 | 12.8 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.32 | — | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 59.7 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 27.1 in |
| Snowiest year | 2010 — 51.1 in |
| Wettest day on record | 13 July 1992 — 4.40 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 8 March 2008 — 15.51 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 4 November 1946 — 20.00 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 6% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Pickerington - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
32,868 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-30. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Pickerington: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 68
- those placed on the map inside Pickerington
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 36 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 12 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 10 |
| Public drinking water | 3 |
| Hazardous waste | 2 |
| Air pollution | 1 |
| Medical waste | 1 |
| State sewer loans | 1 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| TUSSING RD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| MIDWEST SHOOTING CENTER | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| FAI - CR20/MR841-0735/000 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| FAI - CR20/MR841-0735/000 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| TUSSING RD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| LONGVIEW HIGHLAND SECTION 1 LOT 43 & SECTION 3 LOTS 70 71 99 & 100 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SYCAMORE PARK POND | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SYCAMORE CREEK PARK POND ENHACEMENT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| SYCAMORE CREEK PARK POND ENHACEMENT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| LONGVIEW HIGHLANDS PHASES 6 7 & 8 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| LONGVIEW HIGHLANDS PHASES 6 7 & 8 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| HICKORY LAKES SECTION 2 PARTS A & B | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| CITY OF PICKERINGTON | Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved | |
| THE RETREAT AT HICKORY LAKES | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| PICKERINGTON CITY PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SPENCE FUNERAL HOME | Air pollution report | |
| HICKORY LAKES SECTION 2 PARTS A & B | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| SYCAMORE SPRINGS VILLA | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| PICKERINGTON CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| PICKERINGTON CITY PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| PICKERINGTON CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| PICKERINGTON WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| PICKERINGTON TRIANGLE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| PICKERINGTON TRIANGLE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| OHIOHEALTH PICKERINGTON METHODIST HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Pickerington, Ohio in?
Pickerington is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, with 23,279 residents.
When was Pickerington, Ohio founded?
Pickerington was settled by or before 1806 (George Kirke, a Revolutionary War veteran, is recorded as the first resident, entering the 80 acres on which the town would stand; Abraham Pickering and his family emigrated to Fairfield County from Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1806); laid out 1815 (Abraham Pickering, having bought the section of land including Kirke's claim, laid off a few lots); incorporated village, 1881; city, certified by the Ohio Secretary of State in 1991. Founders on record: Abraham Pickering (1776-1833), born in Rockingham County, Virginia; his wife was Ann Looker. Source
How did Pickerington, Ohio get its name?
The 1883 and 1912 Fairfield County histories agree that Abraham Pickering laid off the town's first lots in 1815 and 'gave them the name of Pickerington' directly, with no mention of any earlier name. Source
What ZIP code is Pickerington, Ohio?
Most of Pickerington is in ZIP code 43147.
Where does Pickerington, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Pickerington (Pickerington City): Five active wells drawing from the local buried-valley aquifer near Diley Road.
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