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Welcome to Town Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Town Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Town Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Town Creek, please Contact Us. Town Creek would have been located within present day Allegany County<2>. The location of Town Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Town Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839. A typical abbreviation for Town Creek: Town Crk. (or less commonly used: Town Ck. or Town Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Town Creek is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Town Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Town Creek would have been located in the (301) and (240)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Town Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Town Creek: This one is located in Allegany County and the other is located in Saint Mary's County. Beyond Maryland, there are 8 communities that are also named Town Creek - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (2), Nevada, North Carolina (2) and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Town Creek. Communities near Town Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Town Creek.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Town Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Town Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Town Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Town Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Town Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Town Creek. Adding Town Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Town Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Town Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Town Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Town Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Allegany County: www.gov.allconet.org/ The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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