Do you know of Barren Creek Springs ???

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

Our sources for Barren Creek Springs (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 Barren Creek Springs other than they indicate that Barren Creek Springs would be found somewhere in Wicomico County, Maryland.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1824 and closed  in 1893.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Barren Creek Springs ...

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

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 Barren Creek Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Wicomico 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 Wicomico County.