Birds Run, Ohio

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Birds Run is an unincorporated community in Guernsey County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1064439}}

History

Birds Run was originally called Bridgeville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1848.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=30|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=14}} A post office called Birds Run was established in 1851, and remained in operation until 1953.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Guernsey | title=Guernsey County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=17 December 2015}} Besides the post office, Birds Run had a country store and two churches.{{cite book|last=Sarchet|first=Cyrus Parkinson Beatty|title=History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofguernse01sarc#page/330/mode/2up|year=1911|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Company|page=331}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Guernsey County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

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