Do you know of Cedar Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cedar 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 Cedar Creek.

Our sources for Cedar Creek (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cedar Creek other than they indicate that Cedar Creek would be found somewhere in Mobile County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1904 and closed in 1907.

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 Cedar Creek ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Cedar Creek.

Within Alabama, the name Cedar Creek is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Gila County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cedar Creek [Gila County].
- Arkansas
  - Conway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cedar Creek [Conway County].
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cedar Creek [Scott County].
- Colorado
  - Montrose County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cedar Creek [Montrose County].
- Florida
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Cedar Creek [Marion County].
- Georgia
  - Clarke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cedar Creek [Clarke County].
  - Gwinnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cedar Creek [Gwinnett County].
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cedar Creek [Newton County].
- Idaho
  - Bonner County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cedar Creek [Bonner County].
- Illinois
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cedar Creek [Lake County].
- Indiana
  - DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Cedar Creek [DeKalb County].
- Kansas
  - Cowley 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 Cedar Creek [Cowley County].
- Maryland
  - 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 Maryland community of Cedar Creek [Kent County].
- Michigan
  - Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cedar Creek [Barry County].
- Mississippi
  - Lowndes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cedar Creek [Lowndes County].
- Nebraska
  - Antelope County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cedar Creek [Antelope County].
  - Cass County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cedar Creek [Cass County].
- New Jersey
  - Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Cedar Creek [Ocean County].
- New Mexico
  - Lincoln 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 New Mexico community of Cedar Creek [Lincoln County].
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Cumberland County].
  - Onslow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Onslow County].
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Randolph County].
  - Wake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Wake County].
- Ohio
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cedar Creek [Wood County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cedar Creek.
- Pennsylvania
  - Westmoreland 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 Cedar Creek [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
  - Kershaw County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Kershaw County].
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Richland County].
  - Williamsburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cedar Creek [Williamsburg County].
- Tennessee
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cedar Creek [Greene County].
- Texas
  - Bastrop County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cedar Creek [Bastrop County].
  - Waller County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cedar Creek [Waller County].
- Utah
  - Box Elder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cedar Creek [Box Elder County].
- Virginia
  - Frederick 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 Virginia community of Cedar Creek [Frederick County].
- Wisconsin
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cedar Creek [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cedar Creek ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Mobile 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 Mobile County.

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 Cedar 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/