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Do you know of Jacksons Creek ???

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

Our sources for Jacksons Creek (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Jacksons Creek other than they indicate that Jacksons Creek would be found somewhere in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jacksons Creek ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Jacksons Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Jacksons Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/34120   (Place Name: Jacksons Creek)

County: Randolph     (FIPS State/County: 37/151)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Jacksons Creek) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Randolph County ...

Can you help?

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 Randolph County.

AconiteKildee
Asheboro South 
Asheboro WestLanesville
 Lassiter's Mills
BalfoursLevel Plains
BombayLineberry
Brower's MillsLytton
Brown 
BrunswickMarley's Mills
Buffalo FordMaud
BullaMillikan
BunchMoffitt
Bush HillMoffitts Mills
 Mullen
CapeMurrow
Caraway 
Coles StoreNew Salem
Cox 
CrottsPlanters
  
DefianceQuinine
Derrick 
DeweyRachel
Dogwood AcresRalph
 Randleman Junction
EdenRandolph
EmpireReed Creek
ErectRush
  
FloraSalem Church
Flower HillSandy Creek
Fork CreekSawyersville
Foust's MillsScience Hill
FrenchSoapstone Mountain
FullersSol
 Spero
GladesboroSpokane
 Stone Lick
HenlyStrieby
Hockett 
HollyTrinity College
Hoover Hill 
HoyleWestmont
 Wheatmore
InstituteWhite House
 Whynot
KanoyWoodford
Kemp's Mills 

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.









 

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