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Waverly is a village in, and the county seat of, Pike County, Ohio, United States, located about 14 miles (23 km) south of Chillicothe. [3] The population was 4,165 at the 2020 census . The town was formed in 1829, as the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal along the west bank of the Scioto River brought new growth to the area.
The Pike County Shootings, also known as the Pike County Massacre, occurred on the night of April 21–22, 2016, when eight people – all belonging to the Rhoden family – were shot and killed in four homes in Pike County, Ohio, near the village of Peebles, 50 miles (80 km) from Columbus and 60 miles (97 km) from Cincinnati. Their bodies were ...
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
Christa Caceres is the first Black woman to become Pike County commissioner and the first woman elected to the position since the 1990s.
Watts is charged with abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony punishable by up to a year in jail and […] The post Ohio prosecutor says he’s duty bound to bring Black woman’s miscarriage ...
Pictures of his lynching were sold to white citizens for five cents each. [354] Lang, Ed: African American: Rice: Navarro: Texas: 1916 "Attacking a young woman." Taken from a sheriff's posse and hanged. [355] Richards, John: African American: Goldsboro: Wayne: North Carolina: January 12, 1916: murder: Taken from jail and lynched [356 ...
More than 30 black churches were burned in an 18-month period in 1995 and 1996, leading Congress to pass the Church Arson Prevention Act. [9] 1993 April 5 Rocky Point Missionary Baptist Church in Pike County, Mississippi, was set on fire by three teenagers who served time. [10] 1995 January 13 Johnson Grove Baptist Church in Bells, Tennessee ...
Pike County is a county located in the Appalachian (southern) region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census , the population was 27,088. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Waverly , [ 3 ] and the county is named for explorer Zebulon Pike .