Pike County, recognized in the year 1816, was named on the behalf of Zebulon Pike. It has the county seat in Petersburg. With a total area of 341.09 sq mi, the county has over 12.8K people with an amalgamation of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 5.1K households and 3.6K families. The County is located in the the southwestern part of Indiana and is a part of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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