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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Deer Creek came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Deer Creek in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Deer Creek. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Deer Creek, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Deer Creek:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Deer Creek is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Deer Creek in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Deer Creek for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Deer Creek. See our Misc Page for Deer Creek for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/