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Welcome to Red Run ...

Red Run is located in Lancaster County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Red Run, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Run, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

Red Run is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Red Run: (717)

Communities Also Named Red Run ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Red Run - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Red Run ...

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

  • Reading
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ephrata
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Coatesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyomissing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyomissing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomissing
    • Wyomissing is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,605 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyomissing <4>
  • Lititz
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lititz
    • Lititz is located in Lancaster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lititz <4>
  • Millersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • New Holland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Shillington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Birdsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Run ...

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

Adding Red Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red 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 Red Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Red Run post office opened in 1871.

We also found Red Run in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Red Run. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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