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13 unusual facts about Pike County


Delaware Valley High School

Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania, is the high school that serves grades 9-12 in the greater part of Pike County.

East Stroudsburg High School North

East Stroudsburg Senior High School North is a public high school located on Bushkill Falls Road in Dingmans Ferry, in Pike County, Pennsylvania in the United States and is part of the East Stroudsburg Area School District.

Israel Jefferson

After living and working 14 years based in Cincinnati, he and his wife owned a farm together in Pike County.

Littleton Prince

Littleton Prince was a white man executed by hanging in 1833 at Pike County, Alabama for having helped a runaway slave.

Madison Hemings

In 1836 Madison, Mary and their infant daughter Sarah left Charlottesville for Pike County, Ohio, probably to join his brother Eston, who had already moved there with his own family.

Pike County, Arkansas

In 1864 Murfreesboro served as a winter quarters for the Confederate regiments assigned to that area, with Union Army regiments wintering just eighteen miles away in and around Antoine.

Pike County, Indiana

He was killed as a brigadier general during the War of 1812 after his men had captured York (now Toronto), Canada.

Quicktown, Pennsylvania

Daniel came from Pike County near Milford and first appeared in Salem in the 1860 census.

Raymond Coulter

He was born Hadley, Illinois.

Roscoe Vanover

(September 7, 1863–September 18, 1927) was a United States circuit court judge for Pike and Letcher counties in Kentucky.

Shelby Valley High School

Shelby Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school located in Pike County, Kentucky and situated on flat land in the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky.

Sweet Betsy from Pike

"Sweet Betsy from Pike" is an American ballad about the trials of a pioneer named Betsy and her lover Ike who migrate from Pike County (probably Missouri) to California.

Williamson, West Virginia

South Williamson is an unincorporated area of Pike County and is associated with the adjacent Kentucky neighborhoods of Goody and Belfry.


Centerpoint High School

In 1995, the Glenwood School District and the former Glenwood High School in Pike County consolidated with that of nearby Amity in Clark County to form the Centerpoint School District, with a new campus located at old Rosboro.

Galen L. Stone

He was chairman of the Pond Creek Coal Company and the Pike County, Kentucky, mining town of Stone was named in his honor.

Griggsville-Perry High School

Griggsville-Perry High School, or GPHS, is a public four-year high school located at 202 North Stanford Street in Griggsville, Illinois, a small city in Pike County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.

John I. Vanmeter

He moved to Pike County, Ohio, in 1826 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Silverthread Falls

Silverthread Falls is a waterfall located in Dingmans Ferry in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, near Dingmans Falls.