Birds Run, Ohio

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]

gollark: Do you understand length terminated strings yet‽ <@356107472269869058> <@356107472269869058>
gollark: <@231856503756161025>
gollark: Oh, hold on, I made a minor mistake.
gollark: <@356107472269869058> I finished my explainer thing for length terminated strings.
gollark: Your server isn't running.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birds Run, Ohio
  2. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 14.
  3. "Guernsey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 331.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.