Circleville, Ohio

Circleville, Ohio
City
Circleville's Main Street
Seal
Nickname:  Roundtown
Motto:  "Home of the Pumpkin Show"
Location in Pickaway County
Circleville, Ohio Location in Ohio
Coordinates: 39°36′50″N 82°56′02″W / 39.61389°N 82.93389°W / 39.61389; -82.93389
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Pickaway
Government
• Mayor	Michelle Blanton (R)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	7.34 sq mi (19.00 km2)
• Land	7.22 sq mi (18.69 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)
Elevation [3]	689 ft (210 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	13,927
• Estimate  (2023)[4]	14,452
• Density	1,930.02/sq mi (745.20/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	43113
Area code(s)	740, 220
FIPS code	39-15070[5]
GNIS feature ID	2393527[3]
Website	Official website

Circleville is a city in and the county seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The city is situated along the Scioto River, 25 miles (40 km) south of Columbus. The population was recorded to be 13,927 in the 2020 census.

Circleville is named after its original layout created in 1810, which was based upon the circular Hopewell tradition earthwork within which the city was built. This earthwork measured 1,100 ft (340 m) in diameter, and was constructed in the early centuries of the Common Era. The county courthouse was built in the center of the innermost circle.

In the late 1830s, for various reasons, residents requested authorisation from the state legislature to change Circleville's layout to a standard grid format. This was accomplished by the mid-1850s.

All traces of the Hopewell earthwork were hence destroyed, although hundreds of other monuments of its kind remain in the Ohio Valley.