Welcome to Cryer Creek ...
So far, we found very little information about Cryer Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
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Cryer Creek was located Cryer Creek would have been located within present day Navarro County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cryer Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. A typical abbreviation for Cryer Creek: Cryer Crk. (or less commonly used: Cryer Ck. or Cryer Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Cryer Creek is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Cryer Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cryer Creek. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cryer Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cryer Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cryer Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cryer Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cryer Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Cryer Creek. We originally found mention of Cryer Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cryer Creek was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Cryer Creek in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Cryer Creek post office opened in 1879.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cryer Creek.
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Footnotes ...
<1> We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cryer Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Navarro, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cryer Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/