Do you know of Big Run ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Big Run. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Big Run.

Our sources for Big Run (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Big Run other than they indicate that Big Run would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Big Run ...

We found ten communities that share the name Big Run.

There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Big Run.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
  • Centre County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Run [Centre County].
  • Dauphin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Run [Dauphin County].
  • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Run [Lawrence County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Ohio
    • Athens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Run [Athens County].
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Run [Franklin County].
    • Pike County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Run [Pike County].
  • West Virginia
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Run [Marion County].
    • Marshall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Run [Marshall County].
    • Webster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Run [Webster County].
    • Wetzel County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Run [Wetzel County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Big Run ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Run:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Big Run - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.