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Welcome to Pine Run ...

Pine Run is located in Genesee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pine Run, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Pine Run is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Pine Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Pine Run - they are located in Alabama and Pennsylvania (3).

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

Communities near Pine Run ...

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

  • Flint
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Flint is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,968 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flint <3>
  • Burton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Flushing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flushing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
    • Flushing is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <3>
  • Grand Blanc
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Frankenmuth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Swartz Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swartz Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartz Creek
    • Swartz Creek is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,491 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swartz Creek <3>
  • Davison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davison
    • Davison is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,860 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davison <3>
  • Mount Morris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Vassar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Montrose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pine Run ...

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

Adding Pine Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pine 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 for Pine Run was on a map titled Road Map for Michigan (from Shell Oil, 1956).

We also found Pine Run in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Genesee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.