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History · Pheasant Run

Pheasant Run’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pheasant Run. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pheasant Run is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. Its population was 1,362 as of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,397 to 1,362 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pheasant Run yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pheasant Run’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Pheasant Run

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Tianna Madison-BartolettaTianna Madison-BartolettaElyria · 12 miDavid LewisDavid LewisOberlin · 6 miLynn SheltonLynn SheltonOberlin · 6 miJason MolinaJason MolinaOberlin · 6 miEllen R. StofanEllen R. StofanOberlin · 6 miMPMark PovinelliElyria · 12 mi
By decade

Pheasant Run, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Pheasant Run is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pheasant Run has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carlos Avery House in Pittsfield, 3.8 miles away.

Pheasant Run and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Pheasant Run. Tap a dot.
Carlos Avery HouseOld St. Patrick's ChurchWellington Historic DistrictWellington Center Historic DistrictMosher HouseSprague House

Closest to Pheasant Run

Carlos Avery HousePittsfield · Building3.8miOld St. Patrick's ChurchWellington · Built 18754.5miWellington Historic DistrictWellington · District4.9miWellington Center Historic DistrictWellington · District4.9miMosher HouseWellington · Building5.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Carlos Avery House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pheasant Run?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pheasant Run’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 LaGrange📜 LaGrange📜 Penfield📜 Pittsfield
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