Piketon Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Pike County · listed in 1974 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Bounded by West and 3rd Sts., U.S. 23, and the Scioto River, Piketon
When was it listed? February 1974
Category. district
National Register reference number. 74001598 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

59 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Piketon Historic District between 2004 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
23 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 August 2019	Smoking	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15226
9 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15221
8 July 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15213
1 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15212
8 June 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15742
9 April 2013	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 April 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15635

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Piketon Historic District: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
A & S Plant A-7 & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
A & S Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Cutlip Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Cutlip Plant Dredge & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gregory Materials Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Seal Builders S & G Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Seal Builders Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Pike County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1915 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
1917 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Piketon quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Vanmeter Stone House and Outbuildings	2.0 miles	1975
Friendly Grove	2.2 miles	1970
Jones-Cutler House	2.7 miles	1976
Waverly Canal Historic District	4.3 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001598 in Record Group 79.
Pike County	All 6 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.