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Do you know of Ross Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ross 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 Ross Creek.<1>

Our sources for Ross 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 Ross Creek other than they indicate that Ross Creek would be found somewhere in Scott County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1877.

Communities Also Named Ross Creek ...

We found three communities that share the name Ross Creek.

Within Arkansas, the name Ross Creek is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ross Creek [Estill County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Ross Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ross Creek [Wood County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ross Creek ...

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

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

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in  Scott 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 Scott County.

Barber 
BelvaNewman
ByranNorth Boothe
  
CrowPine Grove Valley
 Poteau
Dentons MillPrairie
  
EchoRevilee
  
FarmerSugar Creek
FullerSullivan
  
HarpsvilleTexas
 Tomlinson
LafaveTumlinsonville

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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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