Birds Run, Ohio
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Birds Run is an unincorporated community in Guernsey County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
History
Birds Run was originally called Bridgeville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1848.[2] A post office called Birds Run was established in 1851, and remained in operation until 1953.[3] Besides the post office, Birds Run had a country store and two churches.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birds Run, Ohio
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 14.
- ^ "Guernsey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 331.
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Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Cambridge
- Cambridge
- Byesville
- Cumberland
- Fairview‡
- Lore City
- Old Washington
- Pleasant City
- Quaker City
- Senecaville
communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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40°10′08″N 81°38′50″W / 40.16889°N 81.64722°W / 40.16889; -81.64722
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