Do you know of Big Creek ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Big 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 Big Creek.<1>
We found mention of Big Creek as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Shelby County, Tennessee.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1824 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Big Creek ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Big Creek.
There are five communities within Tennessee that are also named Big Creek.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Giles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Big Creek [Giles County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Big Creek [Hancock County].
- Hawkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Big Creek [Hawkins County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Big Creek [Monroe County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Big Creek [Sullivan County].
- Giles County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Big Creek [Houston County].
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Big Creek.
- California
- Fresno County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Big Creek [Fresno County].
- Georgia
- Forsyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Big Creek [Forsyth County].
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Big Creek [Fulton County].
- Gilmer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Big Creek [Gilmer County].
- Idaho
- Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Big Creek [Valley County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Big Creek [Bourbon County].
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Big Creek [Ellis County].
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Big Creek [Clay County].
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Big Creek [Franklin Parish].
- Richland Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Big Creek [Richland Parish].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Big Creek [Marquette County].
- Oscoda County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Big Creek [Oscoda County].
- Mississippi
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Big Creek [Calhoun County].
- Missouri
- Texas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Big Creek [Texas County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Big Creek [Lander County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Big Creek [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Big Creek [Carbon County].
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Big Creek [Edgefield County].
- Saluda County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Big Creek [Saluda County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Big Creek [Logan County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Big Creek ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Big Creek:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Shelby 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 Shelby County.
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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Big Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |