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History · Oak Run

Oak Run’s post office opened in 1877, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Oak Run began

When was Oak Run founded?

1877

The Oak Run post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 158149 years
Founding year: the first Oak Run post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oak Run’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Oak Run are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oak Run’s history is told.

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The story so far

Oak Run, in brief

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

Oak Run (also Oakrun) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) 23 miles (37 km) east of Redding, California, United States. Its population is 158 as of the 2020 census. The ZIP Code is 96069. The community is served by area code 530. It was the site of a massacre of 300 Yana Indians in 1864.

Its first post office opened in 1877.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Oak Run on the map, 1953 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Oak Run. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Oak Run on the 1953 USGS mapOak Run on the 1985 USGS mapOak Run on the 1998 USGS map1953Millville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Oak Run.

Famous people

Famous people close to Oak Run

Nobody well known was born in Oak Run itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Megan RapinoeAmerican soccer player · b. 1985
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Jim HanksAmerican actor · b. 1961
Brian Sandoval29th Governor of Nevada and former United State… · b. 1963
Francesca EastwoodAmerican actress · b. 1993
Scott LearyAmerican swimmer · b. 1881
Erick LindgrenAmerican poker player · b. 1976

Questions about Oak Run’s history

What year was Oak Run founded?

The Oak Run post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.