Do you know of Roaring Run ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Roaring Run. 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 Roaring Run.<1>

We found mention of Roaring Run as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Roaring Run ...

We found one communities that share the name Roaring Run.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Roaring Run is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Roaring Run in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
  - Botetourt County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Roaring Run [Botetourt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roaring Run ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roaring Run:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Roaring Run - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Roaring Run.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/65248 (Place Name: Roaring Run)

County: Fayette (FIPS State/County: 42/051 Count/Seq: 02/01)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Westmoreland County ...

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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 Westmoreland County.

Adams Hill	Lyons Run Mine
Amyville
Apollo	Macbeth
Aqueduct	Mannitto Haven
Ashbaugh	Manor Dale
	Manor Station
Bethany	Marchands
Biddle	McGrews
Bottsville	McKain
Boucher	McMahon
Boyle	Meadow Mill
Branch Junction	Merwin
Branch	Millville
Breinizer	Mocking Bird Hill
	Moline
Calumet - Norvelt
Cedar Creek	New Salem
Chambers	Nineveh
Charleroi	North Huntingdon
Cooksville	North Webster
Country Hills	Northwest
County Junction	Norwin Heights
Cowans
Crag Dell	Oakford Park
Creek	Old Meadow
Cribb	Overton
Crisp
	Park Meadows
Deronda	Park
Derry Station	Penn Station
Duffs	Penns Woods
	Perrysville
East Greensburgh	Port Palmer
Edlepark	Pucketas
Eisaman	Puebla
Elrico
Emma	Ridgeview Park
	Ridgeview
Fairfield	Robbins Station
Fairmont	Rostraver
Feree	Ruffsdale
Fort Palmer	Rumbaugh
Fosterville
Foxdale	Saint Vincent
	Sand Hill
Geary	Saunders
Glencairn	Seneca Valley
Goff	Sewickley
Green Lick	Shaners Crossroads
Griffin	Shaulis
	Sheppler
Hampshire Heights	Shoup
Harford Heights	Sinclair
Haser	Sloan
Hecla	Snyder
Hendricksville	Somers
Hoggs	Southerwood
Huff	Spring Garden
Huntingdon Heights	Stauffer
	Stewart's Station
Ingleside	Stoners
	Suter
Jack's Island	Swedetown
	Sweeney Plan
Keffe
Keffer	Target
Kensington	Tarr
Kim Plan	Townsend
Kirtland	Trouts Crossing
Klondike
	Verona
Lacolle
Larimer's Station	Waltz
Lash	Weaver Mill
Laurel Mount Boro	Wegley
Leechburgh Station	Welty
Leuffer	West Apollo
Lippencott	West Jeannette
Lockport Station	West Sewickley
Long Bridge	West Side
Lose	Wilco Hill
Lucesco	Willow Springs
Lusk	Winthrop
Lynnwood - Pricedale	Woodlawn

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Roaring Run 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.