Do you know of Bull Run ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bull 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 Bull Run.<1>
Our sources for Bull Run (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bull Run other than they indicate that Bull Run would be found somewhere in Knox County, Tennessee.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1860 and closed in 1898.
Communities Also Named Bull Run ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Bull Run.
There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Bull Run.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bull Run [Anderson County].
- Davidson County
- Anderson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bull Run [Terrebonne Parish].
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bull Run [Saint Mary's County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bull Run [Elko County].
- New York
- Ulster County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bull Run [Ulster County].
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bull Run [Clackamas County].
- Texas
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bull Run [Newton County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Bull Run [Fairfax County].
- Prince William County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bull Run [Prince William County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bull Run [Preston County].
- Louisiana
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bull Run ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bull Run:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bull Run - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Knox 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 Knox 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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bull 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |