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Pickerington is a city in Fairfield and Franklin counties in central Ohio, and it is a fast-growing suburb of Columbus.

Pickerington was founded in 1815 as Jacksonville, named in honor of General Andrew Jackson after the War of 1812.

In 1827 the town's name was changed to Pickerington in honor of its founder, Abraham Pickering, a Virginia native who had laid out the original town plat.

Founder Abraham Pickering donated land in 1815 for a schoolhouse, and that building in Olde Pickerington Village now houses the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society Museum.

For 150 years Pickerington slumbered as a tiny agricultural and dairy village of only about 300 people, until Columbus suburban growth began transforming it after 1965.

The Ohio Secretary of State certified Pickerington as a city in 1991 after its population passed 5,000, and it is now the second-largest city in Fairfield County, behind only Lancaster.

In 1996 the Ohio Legislature designated Pickerington the 'Violet Capital of Ohio,' a nod to its home in Violet Township.

Pickerington had 23,094 residents at the 2020 census — up from 18,291 in 2010 — and Census Bureau estimates pushed the population past 26,000 by 2025, one of the fastest growth rates of any Columbus suburb.

Pickerington has about 8,420 households, with an average of 2.89 people per household, about 77% of homes owner-occupied, and a median owner-occupied home value of about $339,600.

Local landmarks include the historic Zeller-Smith covered bridge and the 2003 Ohio Centennial Barn in Sycamore Park, both celebrated by the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society.