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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cars Run. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cars Run to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cars Run, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cars Run (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cars Run. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Cars Run ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Cars Run, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Cars Run may originally have been Car's Run.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cars Run might be written as Car Run.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Cars Run is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Adams, Highland, Jackson, Ross & Scioto.
Below are the counties that are near Cars Run. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cars Run:
- Pike County (The home county of Cars Run)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Mount Sinai
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sinai is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sinai
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Zahn's Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Greggs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Glen Jean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Waverly City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
- Piketon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Jaybird
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Mineral Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Locust Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Peebles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Alice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Edna ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Centerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Ewington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Vinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rio Grande
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Sinking Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Barretts Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Apple
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Bloomingville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Limerick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Glade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Coalton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Petrea
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Altoona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Wellston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Banner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Pattonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pattonsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattonsville
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Oak Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence County
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Meigs County
- Point Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Point Rock is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Pickaway County
- Elmwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Richmond Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Schooley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Schooley is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schooley
- Schooley has also been known as:
- Schooley Station
- Deadman Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deadman Crossing is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
- Massieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Summithill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Nipgen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Chillicothe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Riton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- North Fork Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Bourneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Purdy Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Bear Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Minford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lucasville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harrison Mills is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Mills
- South Webster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Scioto Furnace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Scioto Furnace is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scioto Furnace
- Arion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Rosemount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rosemount is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemount
- Slocum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slocum is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Slocum has also been known as:
- Slocums Station
- Wait
- Watt
- Hales Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hales Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Creek
- Youngs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Lombardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Richland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Hamden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dundas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- McArthur
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oreton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oreton is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreton
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Arbaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Wilkesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Ural ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ural is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ural
- Zaleski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vales Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vales Mills
- Greenup County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Frost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- South Portsmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
- South Shore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grays Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Lewis County (KY)
- Firebrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Firebrick is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cars Run, see our County-by-County Page for Cars Run.
Cemeteries Near Cars Run ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cars Run.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cars Run - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cars Run covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Carrs Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Haynes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- The Barton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lynn Hill Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Straight Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cordle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordle Cemetery
- The Cordle Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chandler Cemetery
- German Lutheran Cemetery
- Lopp Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allen Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Weddington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (681 more) ...
- Foster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chase Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Givens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Cars Run itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cars Run, with the one closest to Cars Run listed first.
- Linn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Linn is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Givens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Givens is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Omega
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Omega is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Germany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Germany is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Glade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Limerick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Antonis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antonis is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonis
- Higby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Higby is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Jean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Richmond Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richmond Dale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Dale
- Piketon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cars Run. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cars Run.
Newspapers Published in Cars Run ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cars Run.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cars Run, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cars Run.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cars Run:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Gallia County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Meigs County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Scioto County
- Vinton County
- Greenup County
- Lewis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cars Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cars Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |