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Jumpin Run: name of a street and of a creek! You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!

I passed by the name on the street sign today — I must have passed it dozens of times. Today — I saw it. There it was, right on the street sign: Jumpin Run. I thought to myself that I had misread the letters. Nope — I did some research. It is the name of the street, and of a subdivision that is reached by way of the street.

I also found that an apparently popular regional event is the monthly Jumpin Run Creek 4 X 4 Mud Racing; and that there is a Jumpin Run Creek Mud Bog. These venues are located near a military base, and the photos really defy belief — but there they are.

In a neighboring state, I found a house for sale on Jumping Run Road. And there is also an ad for the Jumping Run Hunt Club.

What I can’t find out is how this street and that creek and the other town came to have such a really evocative name: as in, “just let me know what you need, and I’ll just jump and run [it right over]” or “if I find out you’re coming, I’ll just jump and run [the other direction].”

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!