BlockLong Run, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43055. The Survey maps it on the Hickman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1909 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hickman quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
5,502 words on this townshipHistory of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Eden Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The erection of a grist mill-on the upper waters of the Rocky fork, by Ebenezer Brown, at a very early period, soon followed by the erection of another one mile below, by Honorable William Mitchell, were noteworthy events, and contributed largely to the comfort and convenience of the early settlers of Eden, Mary Ann, and portions of Knox county. The Mitchell mill is yet running having changed hands several times. It is now owned by John Stevenson. Quite a number of mills, both saw- and grist-mills, have been erected at various places along the Rocky fork, in this township; few are now, however, in running order. This stream furnished very good mill-power, and seldom went dry, as it is fed largely by springs.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
About 1854, a woollen factory was erected by Walter B. Finney, about a mile below the Mitchell milL It was in operation about seven years when it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Finney, who is yet living, also erected a saw-mill in connection with his woollen factory, which is yet running. A mill also had an existence in an early day near the Long Run post office, in the eastern part of the township, but its wheels have not been turning for some years.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
James Shannon undertook to build a town in the northwestern part of the township, on the Rocky fork, in the vicinity of a very small lake, about 1856. He erected a store-room, put in a stock of goods, and called the place Oberlin. Attempts were also made to get a regular post office, but without success, though letters are left at the store for people in that neighborhood. This store has been conducted at different times by different parties, but during the past year (1880) it was destroyed by fire. A new building, however, has been erected and the store continued. In addition to this, there is a blacksmith shop, kept by John Hughes, and three or four dwellings. There was also a store on the farm of Elzey Dush about twenty years ago, in the eastern part of the township. There is also a cluster of houses here - three or four.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Eden Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
17 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Long Run (historical) between 2014 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8807 |
| 9 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12348 |
| 25 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12525 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11667 |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11607 |
| 30 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4065 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15065 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 629 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 629 specimens collected within 10 miles of Long Run (historical) between 1894 and 1975: 616 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ANGEVINE & SEVER, Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Mills, W. C. | Mt. Vernon, 1 mi N of, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Parker, J. B. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1897 | Williamson, E. G. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1898 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | Parker, J. P. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
 | Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
| Piranga Vieillot, 1808 | 1898 | Parker, J. D. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA | |
 | Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1899 | Mills, W. C. | Mt Vernon, 2 mi N of, Knox, Ohio, USA |
| Podiceps grisegena holboellii Reinhardt, 1853 | 1899 | Parker, J. B. | Danville, Knox, Ohio, USA |
All 629 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain Rock | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fallsburg | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Purity | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rocky Fork | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tilton Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hickman | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Frampton | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Reform | 5.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071084. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.