Do you know of Horse Creek ???

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

Our sources for Horse 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 Horse Creek other than they indicate that Horse Creek would be found somewhere in Will County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1858.

Communities Also Named Horse Creek ...

We found eight communities that share the name Horse Creek.

Within Illinois, the name Horse Creek is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Walker 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 Alabama community of Horse Creek [Walker County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Horse Creek.
- California
  - Siskiyou County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Horse Creek [Siskiyou County].
- South Carolina
  - Aiken County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Horse Creek [Aiken County].
- Tennessee
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Horse Creek [Greene County].
  - Sullivan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Horse Creek [Sullivan County].
- Wisconsin
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Horse Creek [Polk County].
- Wyoming
  - Laramie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Horse Creek [Laramie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Horse Creek ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Horse 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 Horse Creek - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Will 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 Will 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 Horse 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/