Circleville Wedding

Circleville is a city along the Scioto River in Pickaway County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,485 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pickaway CountyGR6.

Circleville hosts the Circleville Pumpkin Show every October, which draws over 400,000 visitors each year. The city's water tower has been painted to look like a giant pumpkin in honor of this festival.

Circleville was founded in 1810. It derived its name from the circular portion of a large Hopewell culture earthwork upon which it was built. The original town plan integrated Circleville into the preexisting land with a street layout of concentric circles. An octagonal courthouse stood directly in the center.

Dissatisfaction rose with Circleville's layout, however, and in 1837, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the "Circleville Squaring Company" to convert it into a conventional grid. By 1856, this had been completed in several phases. No remaining traces of the original earthworks remain, though a few old buildings retain curved walls that were part of the original circular layout.

Circleville is located at 393611N, 825621W (39.602990, -82.939272)GR1.