Do you know of Norris Creek ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norris 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 Norris Creek.<1> Our sources for Norris 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 Norris Creek other than they indicate that Norris Creek would be found somewhere in Lincoln County, Tennessee. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1844 and closed in 1891. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norris Creek ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Norris Creek: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
More Orphans in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.
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