Do you know of Lick Creek ???

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

Our sources for Lick 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 Lick Creek other than they indicate that Lick Creek would be found somewhere in Van Buren County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1855.

Communities Also Named Lick Creek ...

We found eight communities that share the name Lick Creek.

Within Iowa, the name Lick Creek is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lick Creek [Union County].
- Kentucky
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lick Creek [Lawrence County].
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lick Creek [Pike County].
- Tennessee
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lick Creek [Benton County].
  - Decatur 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 Tennessee community of Lick Creek [Decatur County].
  - Hickman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lick Creek [Hickman County].
- West Virginia
  - Boone 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 West Virginia community of Lick Creek [Boone County].
  - Summers County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lick Creek [Summers County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lick Creek ...

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

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

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

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

More Orphans in Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lick 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/