Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1996. 14 historic map sheets show this location, the earliest from 1909.
From the record
“Coal Run is an unincorporated community in northeastern Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45721.”
Wikipedia article Coal Run, Ohio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 39 National Register listings in Washington County · listed in 1996 · category: DISTRICT · significant for EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRY · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Washington County.
Area of significance. EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRY
Acreage. 138
Also known as. See Also:Mason House
Township. Waterford township
National Register reference number.96000115- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1909 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19091994
The ground it stands on
41,950 words
The chapter on Waterford Township in History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881 names Coal Run. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
At the lower end of Round Bottom is situated the thriving little village of Coal Run. It sprang into existence upon the completion of the Muskingum improvements, and until the building of the Duck Creek railroad was one of the best shipping points on the river. The produce of the eastern part of Morgan and southern part of Noble was marketed here. This trade made a village which coal mines continue to support.
The geology of the region around Coal Run may be worthy of attention. The upper rock stratum is heavy white sand, selected portions of which would be fine enough for glass making. Other portions might be profitably used for hearthstones for furnaces. There isa seam of coal lying under this sandrock, but it is too thin for profitable mining. There is also a stratum of limestone which is of proper quality for making excellent cement.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Coal Run Historic District between
2008 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
8
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Equipment and vehicle use
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 707 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Coal Run Historic District between 1884 and
1974: 627 Animalia, 74 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. D. Selby, Adams, N.; Adams, S., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.) 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Coal Run Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, REE, Iron, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by geocoding the centre of Coal Run, because the National Register records a descriptive location rather than a street address, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Statement of significance
_X_ See continuation sheet. Period(s) of Significance: 1838-1943 Transportation property in relation to other properties: local Areas of Significance: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section 8 settlement date of this community makes it one of the waterway. Later, the mining of coal within the immediate that was passed on April 21, 1792. In all, there were approximately 16 Allotments, with the Village of Coal Run 1791 to 1795. Although these lands were granted to the lands for highways, to build a dwelling (smallest 18' by acres, all within five years. He was also required to serve years. Muskingum River Valley. The purpose of establishing these smaller land divisions in Washington County is nominated under Criterion A as part Allotment in adjoining Adams Township.
lying primarily within the Wolf Creek Allotment and Waterford Additions in Waterford Township and a small area in Big Ben earliest communities within this county.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 96000115, 89 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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.
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