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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>.

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.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Town Creek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Town Creek was located: 301, 227 & 240<4>

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.

  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Frostburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Carpendale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
  • Hyndman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hyndman is located in Bedford County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hyndman <5>
  • Ridgeley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Bath
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Paw Paw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wellersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Rainsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Flintstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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 (so far) for Town Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Town Creek post office opened in 1839. The Town Creek post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Town Creek.

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 Town Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Allegany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Town Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Town Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Town Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/