Do you know of Smith Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smith 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 Smith Creek.

Our sources for Smith 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 Smith Creek other than they indicate that Smith Creek would be found somewhere in Polk County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1944 and closed  in 1945.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Smith Creek ...

We found three communities that share the name Smith Creek.

Within Tennessee, the name Smith Creek is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Wakulla County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Smith Creek [Wakulla County].
  • Kentucky
    • Morgan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Smith Creek [Morgan County].
  • North Carolina
    • New Hanover County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Smith Creek [New Hanover County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smith Creek ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Smith Creek:

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Smith Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/69200   (Place Name: Smith Creek)

County: Polk     (FIPS State/County: 47/139)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Smith 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  Polk 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 Polk County.