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Welcome to Alum Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Alum Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alum Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alum Creek, please Contact Us.

Alum Creek would have been located within present day Delaware County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alum Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Alum Creek: Alum Crk. (or less commonly used: Alum Ck. or Alum Cr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alum Creek is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Alum Creek was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Alum Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Alum Creek: This one is located in Delaware County and the other is located in Franklin County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 4 communities that are also named Alum Creek - they are located in Nevada, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alum Creek.

Communities near Alum Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alum 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 Alum Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alum Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alum 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 Alum Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alum Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Alum Creek.

Adding Alum Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alum 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 Alum Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Alum Creek post office opened in 1838. The Alum Creek post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alum 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 Alum Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alum 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Alum Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Alum 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/