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.<1>

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 Fleming County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1910 and closed in 1911.

Communities Also Named Big Run ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Big Run.

Within Kentucky, the name Big Run is unique.

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

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].
- 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].
  - Jefferson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Run [Jefferson County].
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Run [Lawrence 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.<3>

DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky
Published by DeLorme, 2010
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

More Orphans in Fleming 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 Fleming County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Big Run could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/