Welcome to Cow Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Cow Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cow Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cow Creek, please Contact Us. Cow Creek would have been located within present day Kemper County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cow Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. A typical abbreviation for Cow Creek: Cow Crk. (or less commonly used: Cow Ck. or Cow Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Cow Creek is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Cow Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Cow Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Cow Creek - they are located in California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Montana, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cow Creek. Communities near Cow Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cow 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 Cow Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cow Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cow 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 Cow Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cow Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Cow Creek. Adding Cow Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cow Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cow Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cow Creek. Footnotes ...
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