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Do you know of Daniels Creek ???

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

Our sources for Daniels 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 Daniels Creek other than they indicate that Daniels Creek would be found somewhere in Johnson County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Daniels Creek ...

We found one communities that share the name Daniels Creek.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Daniels Creek.

Beyond Kentucky.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Daniels Creek [Pike County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Daniels Creek ...

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Daniels Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/19828   (Place Name: Daniels Creek (Odds))

County: Johnson     (FIPS State/County: 21/115)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Daniels Creek) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Johnson 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 Johnson County.

Bobbs 
Boons CampMeek
Buffalo CreekMendola Village
BuskirkMingo
 Myrtle
Coal 
 Nesbit
FlaneryNiles
Frew 
 Painstville
GalenPaints
Gillem Branch 
GustaveRebecca
 River
Hammond 
HenriettaSampson
 Stambaugh
Jarvy 
Johns CreekVan Lear Junction
 Victoria
Kenwood 
 Ward City
Laurel HillWin

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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