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Welcome to Haw Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Haw Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Haw Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Haw Creek, please Contact Us. Haw Creek was located Haw Creek would have been located within present day Fayette County<2>. The location of Haw Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Haw Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Haw Creek: Haw Crk. (or less commonly used: Haw Ck. or Haw Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Haw Creek is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Haw Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Haw Creek - they are located in Missouri, North Carolina and Oklahoma. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Haw Creek. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Haw Creek. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Haw Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Haw Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Haw 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 Haw Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Haw Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Haw Creek. We originally found mention of Haw Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Haw Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Haw Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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