Welcome to Spring Creek (aka 'Spring City') ...
So far, we found very little information about Spring Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spring Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Spring Creek - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Spring Creek, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Spring Creek <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Chautauqua County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.
A typical abbreviation for Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.)
Time Zone: The area where Spring Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Spring Creek still existed, it would have been in the (620) area code.
The community of Spring Creek has also been called Spring City.
Communities Also Named Spring Creek ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Spring Creek: This one is located in Chautauqua County and the other is located in Saline County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 42 communities that are also named Spring Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (7), Texas (4), Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Creek.
Adding Spring Creek to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Spring Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Spring Creek post office opened in 1872.
We also found Spring Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Creek.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Spring 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 Chautauqua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Spring Creek is also known as Spring City. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Spring Creek. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |