Smiths Run

Smiths Run is a stream in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Smiths Run is situated nearby to the village Georgetown, as well as near the hamlet Smiths Ferry.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey and Little Blue Run.

Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey

Monument

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey is the point from which the United States in 1786 began the formal survey of the lands known then as the Northwest Territory, now making up all of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

Little Blue Run

Reservoir

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. Ohio-based FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water. Little Blue Run is situated 2½ miles southwest of Smiths Run.

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 173

Nature reserve

The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 148 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Beaver County in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, hiking, bird watching, wildlife photography and other activities. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 173 is situated 2½ miles northeast of Smiths Run.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lawrenceville and Industry.

Lawrenceville

Village

Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. Lawrenceville is situated 3 miles southwest of Smiths Run.

Industry

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Industry is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,838, almost unchanged from 2010. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Industry is situated 4 miles east of Smiths Run.

East Liverpool

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River at the convergence of the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia borders, about 30 miles from both Pittsburgh and Youngstown.

Smiths Run

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.64423° or 40° 38′ 39″ north

Longitude

-80.49396° or 80° 29′ 38″ west

Elevation

669 feet (204 metres)

Open location code

86GXJGV4+MC

GeoNames ID

5212677

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Highlights include Georgetown Cemetery and Georgetown Island.

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