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Welcome to Battle Run ...

Battle Run is located in Fleming County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Battle Run, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Battle Run is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Battle Run lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Battle Run: 606

Communities near Battle Run ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Battle Run.

  • Flemingsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Carlisle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Owingsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Washington is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Millersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Sharpsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharpsburg is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Mount Olivet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ewing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ewing is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Sardis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sardis is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
  • Craintown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Craintown is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Battle Run. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Battle Run.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Battle Run. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Battle Run.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Battle Run. See our Newspapers Page for Battle Run.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Battle Run ...

Looking for more information about Battle Run? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Battle Run, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Battle Run.

Adding Battle Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Battle Run in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Battle Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Battle Run post office opened in 1874. The Battle Run post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Battle Run.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Fleming, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Battle Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/