Pigeon Run, Ohio

Pigeon Run is an unincorporated community in Stark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

A post office called Pigeon Run was established in 1827, the name was changed to Pigeonrun in 1895, and the post office closed in 1907.[2] The community took its name from nearby Pigeon Run creek. Pigeon Run was a mining community and the Pigeon Run Coal Company operated there.[3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pigeon Run, Ohio
  2. "Stark County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. Perrin, William Henry (1881). History of Stark County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Baskin & Battey. p. 402.



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