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Welcome to Cedar Run ...

Cedar Run is primarily located in Benzie County<1>. A portion of Cedar Run extends into Grand Traverse County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Run, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Cedar Run is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cedar Run: 231

Communities Also Named Cedar Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Cedar Run - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Run.

Communities near Cedar Run ...

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

  • Traverse City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kingsley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <3>
  • Buckley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Suttons Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Benzonia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompsonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Empire
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Beulah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Honor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Ann
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Run ...

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

Adding Cedar Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar 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 Cedar Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cedar Run post office opened in 1892. The Cedar Run post office closed in 1934.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Benzie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar 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/