Do you know of Indian Creek ???
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.
Our sources for Indian 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 Indian Creek other than they indicate that Indian Creek would be found somewhere in Bullock County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1844 and closed in 1894.
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.
Within Alabama, the name Indian Creek is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- 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].
- 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. 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. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Indian Creek [Johnson County].
- Linn 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 Kansas community of Indian Creek [Linn 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].
- Arkansas
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>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Indian Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Indian Creek.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 01/37384 (Place Name: Indian Creek)
County: Bullock (FIPS State/County: 01/011)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Indian Creek) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Bullock 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 Bullock County.
| Boswell | |
| Bughall | James |
| Dixacon | Line Creek |
| Eric | Mascotte |
| Mitchell's Station | |
| Fitzpatrick's | |
| Flora | Reynolds |
| Greenwood | Stills Cross Road |
| Heron | Thomas Station |
| Three Notch Road | |
| Indian |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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/ |