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Hickory Run

Ghost town · Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Stoddartsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1922, 1:62,500)
Stoddartsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1922, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hickory Run is a ghost town in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Carbon County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hickory Run as a historical populated place on the Hickory Run topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.0106° N, 75.7324° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHickory Run
Elevation1,031 ft
Nearest living townEast Side, PA
Distance to it3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1197939
Coordinates41.01064, -75.73241

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What's there now

Hickory Run is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Side, PA (population 367), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,031 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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