Do you know of Duck Creek ???

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

Our sources for Duck 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 Duck Creek other than they indicate that Duck Creek would be found somewhere in Walker County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1846 and closed in 1902.

Communities Also Named Duck Creek ...

We found nine communities that share the name Duck Creek.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Duck Creek.

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

Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Chattooga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Duck Creek [Chattooga County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
  - Kent County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Duck Creek [Kent County].
- Illinois
  - Mercer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Duck Creek [Mercer County].
- Nevada
  - White Pine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Duck Creek [White Pine County].
- North Carolina
  - Onslow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Duck Creek [Onslow County].
- Ohio
  - Trumbull County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Duck Creek [Trumbull County].
- Tennessee
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Duck Creek [Hancock County].
- Texas
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Duck Creek [Dallas County].
- Wisconsin
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Duck Creek [Brown County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Duck Creek ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Duck Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in Walker County ...

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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 Walker County.

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>	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 Duck 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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/