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Welcome to White Run ...

White Run is located in Ohio County<1>.

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

White Run is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: White Run lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from White Run (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for White Run: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near White Run ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Beaver Dam
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hartford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Morgantown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Caneyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fordsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Centertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • McHenry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • McHenry is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Woodbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Woodbury is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Spring Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick

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 White Run. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for White Run.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of White 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 White Run.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Run ...

Looking for more information about White 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 White Run, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for White Run.

Adding White Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White 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 White Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the White Run post office opened in 1874. The White Run post office closed in 1953.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Ohio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the White Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the White Run area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/