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Welcome to Pickaway ...

Pickaway is located in Pittsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pickaway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Pickaway is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pickaway lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pickaway: 434

Communities Also Named Pickaway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pickaway - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pickaway ...

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

  • Danville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • South Boston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Chatham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
  • Halifax
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Gretna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
  • Milton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Milton is located in Caswell County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <3>
  • Java
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Java is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
  • Sign Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sign Rock is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sign Rock
  • Rodden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rodden is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodden
  • Spring Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pickaway ...

Looking for more information about Pickaway? 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 Pickaway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pickaway.

Adding Pickaway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pickaway 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 (so far) for Pickaway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pickaway post office opened in 1882. The Pickaway post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pickaway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Pittsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pickaway - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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