Pigeon Run, Ohio

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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]

References

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

40°44′57″N81°34′34″W / 40.74917°N 81.57611°W / 40.74917; -81.57611

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