Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Turtle Creek came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Turtle Creek in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Turtle Creek. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Turtle Creek, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Turtle Creek:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1915-1916)

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Turtle Creek is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Turtle Creek in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Turtle Creek for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Turtle Creek. See our Misc Page for Turtle Creek for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Turtle Creek:

Turtle Creek was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Turtle Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/