Welcome to Pickelville ...

So far, we found very little information about Pickelville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pickelville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pickelville, please Contact Us.

Pickelville would have been located within present day Rich County<2>.

Pickelville was established in 1879 and was incorporated in 1935.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Pickelville: Named after Charles C. Pickel, who supervised the improvements of the town's water supply.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pickelville is 5,930 feet [1,807 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Pickelville is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Pickelville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Pickelville was located: 435

Communities near Pickelville ...

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

• Laketown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketown
  • Laketown is located in Rich County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laketown <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Laketown
  • From Pickelville to Laketown
• Bloomington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bloomington
  • From Pickelville to Bloomington
• Saint Charles
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Saint Charles is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Saint Charles
  • From Pickelville to Saint Charles
• Meadowville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
  • Meadowville is located in Rich County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Meadowville
  • From Pickelville to Meadowville
• Fish Haven
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Haven
  • Fish Haven is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fish Haven <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fish Haven
  • From Pickelville to Fish Haven
• Round Valley ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Round Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
  • Round Valley is located in Rich County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Round Valley
  • From Pickelville to Round Valley
• Brachipad
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brachipad. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachipad
  • Brachipad is located in Cache County
  • Brachipad has also been known as:
  • Brachipad Summer Home Area
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Brachipad
  • From Pickelville to Brachipad
• Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sage Creek Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
  • Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sage Creek Junction
  • From Pickelville to Sage Creek Junction
• Sage Creek ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sage Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
  • Sage Creek is located in Rich County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sage Creek
  • From Pickelville to Sage Creek
• Beindneau
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beindneau
  • Beindneau is located in Cache County
  • Beindneau has also been known as:
  • Beindneau Summer Home Area
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Beindneau
  • From Pickelville to Beindneau

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 Pickelville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pickelville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pickelville. 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 Pickelville.

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

Adding Pickelville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pickelville 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 Pickelville was on a map titled Road Map for Utah (from Shell Oil, 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pickelville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/