- Pike Co. Contains 338 Sq. miles.
- 7,000 Acres of water ( rivers, pits, lakes and streams) Over 12,000
Residents
- Pike Co. is named for Zebulon Pike
- Pike Co. was Southern boundary of Illinoian Glacier 550,000 years ago.
- Prehistoric Mound Builders inhabited Pike Co.
- 1700's Pike Co. was covered by a dense swampy forest.
- 1700's Buffalo Trace and Yellow Banks Trace Cross Country.
- 1779 Delaware Indians lived at the fork of the White River.
- 1779 George Rogers Clark's men destroyed the Delaware village near Gil
Hodges Bridge. Captives taken as slaves to Vincennes and sold.
- Early 1800's land cleared by early settlers for crops and homes.
- 1800's Buffalo, Otter, and Beaver are abundant throughout county.
- 1807 White Oak Springs Fort built by Woosley Pride for protection of Early
settlers.
- 1816 Pike Co. named first county after Statehood.
- 1817 Petersburg is named for Peter Brenton who donated a good portion of
the land for the city
- 1820 First school established.
- 1830's Abraham Lincoln, as a boy traveled through the county moving to
Illinois. 1850's Abraham Lincoln returns to address the people at
Deffendoll's Grove.
- 1850's last bear shot along Prides Creek.
- 1850's Wildcats and Cougars living in trees frequently assault horseback
riders near Velpen. 1850's Wabash and Erie Canal dug by immigrants and used
briefly in county.
- 1860's Introduction of railroad in county.
- 1860's Coal discovered in Pike Co. Old Ben #1 was oldest continuously
operating mine in U.S. 1883 Ring of Counterfeiters residing in Stendal
arrested.
- 4 courthouses have served Pike County.
- Early 1900's Sweet Sulphur Springs and Coates Springs are thriving resorts
in county.
- Petersburg is boyhood home of Gil Hodges Professional Baseball Player and
Manager.
- Winslow is boyhood home of Dick Farley Professional Basketball Player.
- 1990 Tornado destroyed 1 mile strip of Petersburg.
- 1997 Peter Brenton family log cabin reconstructed at Hornady Park.