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Do you know of Raven Creek ???

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

Our sources for Raven 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 Raven Creek other than they indicate that Raven Creek would be found somewhere in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1902.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Raven Creek ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Raven 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 Raven Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Raven Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/63520   (Place Name: Raven Creek)

County: Columbia     (FIPS State/County: 42/037)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Raven 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  Columbia 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 Columbia County.

Beaver Valley Station 
Bloom FerryIrondale
Brier Creek 
 McAuley
CanbyMidvalley
Carroll Park 
Catawissa ForgePensyl
Catawissa Junction 
CreasyRhodes
 Roaring Creek
DerkRupp
  
EdsonsStonytown Ferry
Espy FerrySugar Loaf
Eyersgrove Junction 
EyersgroveTaurus
 Tie
Fishing Creek 
ForksVan Camp
  
Glen CarbonWelsh
GrassmereWest Berwick
GuavaWillow Grove

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/









 

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