Welcome to Slate Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Slate Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Slate Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Slate Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Slate Creek, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Slate Creek , we believe that it would have been located within present day Sumner County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slate Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Slate Creek: Slate Crk. (or less commonly used: Slate Ck. or Slate Cr.)

Slate Creek would have been located in the (620) area code.

Communities Also Named Slate Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Slate Creek - they are located in Colorado and Idaho.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Slate Creek.

Adding Slate Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Slate Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Slate Creek post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slate Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sumner County: www.co.sumner.ks.us/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Slate Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Sumner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/