Do you know of Purdy Creek ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Purdy 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 Purdy Creek.<1> Our sources for Purdy 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 Purdy Creek other than they indicate that Purdy Creek would be found somewhere in Steuben County, New York. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1832 and closed in 1910. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Purdy Creek ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Purdy 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)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Purdy Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
More Orphans in Steuben 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 Steuben County. Footnotes ...
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