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Do you know of Indian Creek (aka 'Indian City') ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Indian Creek. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Indian Creek.

We found mention of Indian Creek as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Linn County, Kansas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1862 and closed  in 1868.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Indian Creek ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Indian Creek.

There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Indian Creek.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Elk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Indian Creek [Elk County].
    • Gove County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Indian Creek [Gove County].
    • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Indian Creek [Johnson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bullock County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Indian Creek [Bullock County].
    • Arkansas
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Indian Creek [Carroll County].
    • California
      • Calaveras County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Indian Creek [Calaveras County].
    • Colorado
      • Teller County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Indian Creek [Teller County].
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Indian Creek [Miami-Dade County].
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Indian Creek [Dougherty County].
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Indian Creek [Kane County].
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Indian Creek [Lake County].
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Indian Creek [Linn County].
      • Pottawattamie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Indian Creek [Pottawattamie County].
    • Kentucky
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Indian Creek [Knox County].
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Indian Creek [Pike County].
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Indian Creek [Kent County].
    • Missouri
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Indian Creek [Monroe County].
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Indian Creek [Washington County].
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Indian Creek [Wood County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Indian Creek [Bucks County].
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Indian Creek [Fayette County].
      • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Indian Creek [McKean County].
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Indian Creek [Campbell County].
      • Unicoi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Indian Creek [Unicoi County].
    • Texas
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Indian Creek [Brown County].
      • Smith County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Indian Creek [Smith County].
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Indian Creek [Norfolk City].
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Indian Creek [Monroe County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Indian Creek [Polk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Indian Creek ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Indian Creek:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

More Orphans in  Linn County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Linn County.

Battle Hill 
BrooklynLinton
Brown's FortLinville
 Lost Creek
Cady 
CentrevilleMansfield
ConwayMoneka
Cross CityMontgomery's Fort
  
DouglassOakwood
DoverOrchard
  
Express CityParis
 Polomac
Farmers CityPottawatomie Catholic Mission
Findlay 
FinleyRidge
Forest MillsRound Mound
  
Girard Trading PostSaint Mary's Mission
GrangeSeaman
GroomSherman
 Sugar Creek Mission
Hail Ridge 
HarmoniaTate
HawswingTwin Spring's
Hensley's Point 
 Vance
Irvin Springs 
Irwin SpringsWall Street
 Walnut Grove
JacksonWaysville
Jewett 
 Yoro
Keokuk 
KossuthZoro

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Indian Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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