Lifestyle: Finding Your Place - Circleville

FINDING YOUR PLACE

Whether you prefer city, suburban or small-town settings, Central Ohio has a spot for you.

If downtown living isn’t your vibe, no worries. The Columbus Region has plenty of options, from trendy walkable neighborhoods to charming rural towns. Here’s an alphabetical snapshot of 28 notable communities around Central Ohio—one of which is apt to feel just like home to you.

CIRCLEVILLE

FOUNDED 1810 | POPULATION | 14,106 | COUNTY Pickaway

One of the nation’s oldest festivals, the Circleville Pumpkin Show, is this city’s claim to fame. More than 400,000 residents and visitors flock to the downtown area, 30 miles south of Columbus, each October to sample various pumpkin-infused foods, watch pumpkin carving demonstrations and view the impossibly huge home-grown pumpkins—some weighing in at over 1,800 pounds! The city is also home to six parks, a well-loved community theater and Ohio Christian University’s 40-acre campus.

Circleville derives its name from the original city plan to plot all downtown streets in concentric circles with an octagonal county courthouse at its center. Although the city’s downtown was “squared up” in the 1840s, the nickname “Roundtown” remains.