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Do you know of Slate Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Slate 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 Slate Creek.<1>

We found mention of Slate Creek as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Tazewell County, Virginia.

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 1850 and closed  in 1852.

Communities Also Named Slate Creek ...

We found three communities that share the name Slate Creek.

Within Virginia, the name Slate Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Summit County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Slate Creek [Summit County].
    • Idaho
      • Idaho County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Slate Creek [Idaho County].
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Slate Creek [Sumner County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Slate Creek ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Tazewell 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 Tazewell County.

Bailey SwitchKelly
Baptist ValleyKnob
Blue Stone 
BowlingLark
  
Criggers MillMullins
Croftsville 
 Neilsville
Dina 
Dunford TownOger
  
FannieRatliff
Flat TopRuskin
  
GabeSaint Clair Crossing
GapstoreSebronay
GracelandSnapp's
Graham 
 Tip Top
HaleTug River
Hockman 
HurtsValley
  
JeffersonvilleYostville
Jewell 
 Zeal

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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