Pigeon Run, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Tuscarawas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44647. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 80 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
18 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.
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
In the 1881 county history
818 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Tuscarawas Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Tuscarawas Township - 818 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 219 shownMuseums hold 219 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pigeon Run between 1875 and 1975: 190 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 2 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Borror, D.J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gloeosporium venetum Speg. | 1890 | J.T. Rice | |
![]() | unnamed | 1907 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | 1940 | not recorded | Navarre |
![]() | Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1875 | Sterki, Victor | Beach City |
![]() | Lanius borealis borealis | 1888 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1888 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Certhia americana americana Bonaparte, 1838 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Pines 3 miles s of Newman Springs |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
![]() | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1889 | Harry C. Oberholser | Newman Springs |
All 219 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pigeon Run: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Steel/ Massillon, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Allied Corp Plant No 3 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Allied Corp. Plant Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Massillon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navarre Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Navarre Pit Mass. Washed Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northern Ohio Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oster Sand & Gravel Missilon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 1998The National Weather Service names Pigeon Run in 1 storm report between 1998 and 1998: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Hail | Pigeon Run | - | Large hail fell in Tuscarawas Township and in the towns of Brewster (0.75") and Navarre (0.75"). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Creek | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Crossroads | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rhodes (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Moffitt Heights | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Westarado | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| North Brewster | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pinn (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Elton | 2.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061540. 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.
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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





























