Welcome to Cars Run ...
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.
Cars Run would have been located within present day Pike County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cars Run, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Cars Run is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Cars Run was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Cars Run was located: 740 & 220<4>
Communities near Cars Run ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cars Run.
- Chillicothe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wellston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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)
- Piketon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hamden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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
- Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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
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 Cars Run. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cars Run.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cars 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 Cars Run.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cars Run. See our Newspapers Page for Cars Run.
Adding Cars Run to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cars Run in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cars Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cars Run post office opened in 1889. The Cars Run post office closed in 1905.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cars Run.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cars Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Cars Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Cars Run area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |