Editing Pickaway County, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
The [[Scioto River]] flows southward through the center of Pickaway County. Big Darby Creek drains the upper western part of the county, discharging into the Scioto at [[Circleville, Ohio|Circleville]], and Deer Creek drains the lower western part of the county, flowing southward into [[Ross County, Ohio|Ross County]]. The county terrain consists of low rolling hills carved with drainages; all available areas (87%)<ref>[https://pickaway.org/about/index.html About Pickaway County (accessed 10 June 2019)]</ref> are devoted to agriculture.<ref name=GM>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pickaway+County,+OH/@39.6401983,-83.1392098,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883881dc008eea0f:0xdf9da478a22f3581!8m2!3d39.687828!4d-82.9931607 Pickaway County OH - Google Maps (accessed 10 June 2019)]</ref> The terrain's highest point (1,090' or 332 m ASL) lies on the county's east border, {{convert|2.4|mi|km}} east-northeast of Hargus Lake.<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=23230 Pickaway County High Point - PeakBagger.com (accessed 10 June 2019)]</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|506.55|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|501.32|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.23|sqmi}} (1.0%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=February 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504223453/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt|archive-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Franklin County, Ohio|Franklin County]] - north
* [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield County]] - east
* [[Hocking County, Ohio|Hocking County]] - southeast
* [[Ross County, Ohio|Ross County]] - south
* [[Fayette County, Ohio|Fayette County]] - southwest
* [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison County]] - northwest
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===Main highways===
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* {{Jct|state=OH|I|71}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|US|22}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|US|23}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|US|62}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|56}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|104}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|138}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|159}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|180}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|188}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|207}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|316}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|361}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|674}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|752}}
* {{Jct|state=OH|SR|762}}
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===Protected areas===
* [[A. W. Marion State Park]]
* Deer Creek State Park (part)
* [[Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve]]

===Lakes===
* Deer Creek Lake (part)
* Hargus Lake