Do you know of Glade Creek ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Glade 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 Glade Creek.<1>
Our sources for Glade 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 Glade Creek other than they indicate that Glade Creek would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1854 and closed in 1915.
Communities Also Named Glade Creek ...
We found three communities that share the name Glade Creek.
Within North Carolina, the name Glade Creek is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Glade Creek [Frederick County].
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Glade Creek [Putnam County].
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Glade Creek [Nicholas County].
- Maryland
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Glade Creek ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Glade Creek:
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 Glade Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |