Do you know of Howards Creek ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1916.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Howards Creek ...

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Howards Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/38224   (Place Name: Howards Creek)

County: Breathitt     (FIPS State/County: 21/025)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Howards 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  Breathitt 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 Breathitt County.