Do you know of Runnymede ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Runnymede. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Runnymede.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Runnymede, so we are uncertain whether Runnymede is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Runnymede would be found somewhere in Butler County, Ohio.
Communities Also Named Runnymede ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Runnymede.
Within Ohio, the name Runnymede is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Osceola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Runnymede [Osceola County].
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Runnymede [LaPorte County].
- Kansas
- Harper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Runnymede [Harper County].
- Mississippi
- Leflore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Runnymede [Leflore County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Runnymede.
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Runnymede.
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Runnymede.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Runnymede [Charleston County].
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Runnymede [Chesterfield County].
- Roanoke City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Runnymede [Roanoke City].
- Surry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Runnymede [Surry County].
More Orphans in Butler County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Butler County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
<2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
<3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Runnymede could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |