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Welcome to Pickering ...

Pickering is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pickering, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Pickering is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pickering lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pickering: 641

Communities Also Named Pickering ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Pickering - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pickering.

Communities near Pickering ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pickering.

  • Marshalltown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Grinnell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Tama
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Toledo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toledo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • Toledo is located in Tama County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,125 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <3>
  • State Center
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Center
    • State Center is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State Center <3>
  • Baxter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Conrad
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conrad have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
    • Conrad is located in Grundy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conrad <3>
  • Le Grand
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gladbrook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Melbourne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pickering. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pickering.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pickering. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pickering.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pickering. See our Newspapers Page for Pickering.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pickering ...

Looking for more information about Pickering? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pickering, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pickering.

Adding Pickering to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pickering in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pickering was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pickering post office opened in 1892.

We also found Pickering in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pickering.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pickering - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/