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Welcome to Rush Run ...

Rush Run is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rush Run, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Rush Run is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rush Run: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Rush Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rush Run - they are located in New York and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rush Run ...

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

  • Wheeling
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Weirton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Weirton is located in Hancock County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weirton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,068 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weirton <4>
  • Steubenville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Martins Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Saint Clairsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Toronto
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bellaire
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wintersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Shadyside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mingo Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rush Run ...

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

Adding Rush Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rush 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 Rush Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rush Run post office opened in 1858. The Rush Run post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rush Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Rush Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Rush Run area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/