Buck run had the earliest congregation, Buck Run Methodist Episcopal church, established around 1825.

Daniel Allen hosted the congregation of 6 in his home with Samuel Allen as class “leader” who was a local preacher. The congregation continued to meet in private homes until 1853 when a church was built just past the cemetery on the other side of the creek and on the right of now S.R. 245.

Buck Run Cemetery has 103 known graves, with 34 surnames. The cemetery was documented in 1976 and again in 1981. A publication was made by the Union County Historical Society and the township has a copy. Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, it was common to bury family members near your home, but it was also a common practice to relocate graves. Some that were originally buried in Buck Run were removed to other cemeteries. It is unknown how many might have been relocated to Buck Run or removed once it was established and then closed. Original cemetery records were destroyed, and we have no actual interment documents for either cemetery in Allen Township.

There are 10 military service men listed as buried in the cemetery, 5 served in the War of 1812, 3 in the Civil War, and 2 were not listed as what specific war they served in. Issac Allen 1785-1863 (1812), John Paver 1777-1854 (1812), Samuel Poling 1790-1876 (1812), William Spain 1785-1875 (1812), and Abraham Leonard 1772-1853 (1812), James Wilber 1844-1863 (Civil), Edmund B Foote 1837-1902 (Civil), Alexander Davis 1821-1901 (Civil), Martin Leonard 1794 – 1877 (unknown), William Rowland 1773-1846 (unknown).

Surnames documented are ALLEN, BOORD, BURROUGHS, CARYL, COOLEDGE, DAVIS, DONAHOE, EATON, FOOTE, HALE, HATFILL, HILDERBRAND, HOPE, LEONARD, LONG, MAGELL, MARSH, MORRAL, OLIPHANT, PAINTER, PAVER, PEAVER, PETTERSON, POLING, POWERS, REAM, ROGERS, ROWLAND, RYAN, SMITH, THOMPSON, VAN GORDON, WILBER, WILLIAMS.

Daniel Allen was one of the first buried in the cemetery as mentioned before around 1832 after a load of grain bags fell on him. He played a key role in the township development, not only holding church services in his home but also Daniel was one of the first Trustees for the township in 1827. Allen Township was named in honor of Daniel Allen. His monument still stands today in Buck Run Cemetery, a new marker has been added recently at the grave site by descendants of Daniel, as the old one will soon be unreadable as many of the markers are of that condition.

1907 was the last known burial in the cemetery and was closed around that time. Since then, time, neglect and vandals have taken their toll on the cemetery. Efforts since 2024 are under way to reset / repair the monuments in the cemetery.