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Do you know of Badger Creek ???

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

Our sources for Badger 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 Badger Creek other than they indicate that Badger Creek would be found somewhere in Lyon County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Badger Creek ...

We found one communities that share the name Badger Creek.

Within Kansas, the name Badger Creek is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Badger Creek in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Badger Creek.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Badger Creek ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Lyon 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 Lyon County.

AirIvy
Alda 
Allen StationJoy
Alton 
AtticaKansas Center
  
BennettLakeview Heights
Breckenridge CenterLine
Buena Vista 
 Magda
Central CityMaxson
ChesterfieldMenda
ChicagoMillerburg
ColumbiaMillsburg
Comiskey 
Cottonwood StationPatty's Mills
CrawfordPhillip's Ranche
CrossPittsburg
  
DellQuincy
Dow Creek 
 Russell
Eads 
Eagle CitySabbatarian Settlement
Eagle CreekShennandoah
EastviewSonora
ElcoSpringville
Elm CreekSterry
EwingStotler
 Stringtown
Factoryville 
FlorenceToledo
Foster Springs 
FrederickWaterloo
FremontWaushara
 Weeks Station
Hail PointWiggam
HarrisburgWithington's
Highland ParkWyola
Ho-Tun-Gah-To-Mo 
HortonZenneth
  

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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