Pike County

Pike County is the name of ten counties in the United States:

  • Pike County, Alabama
  • Pike County, Arkansas
  • Pike County, Georgia
  • Pike County, Illinois
  • Pike County, Indiana
  • Pike County, Kentucky
  • Pike County, Mississippi
  • Pike County, Missouri
  • Pike County, Ohio
  • Pike County, Pennsylvania

All were named to honor Zebulon Pike.

Famous quotes containing the words pike and/or county:

    “Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an
    armed robber, with a pike in his hand.”
    —Petrarch (1304–1374)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)