Do you know of Camp Creek ???

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

Our sources for Camp 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 Camp Creek other than they indicate that Camp Creek would be found somewhere in Mercer County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856.

Communities Also Named Camp Creek ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Camp Creek.

Within West Virginia, the name Camp Creek is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Camp Creek.
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Camp Creek [Maricopa County].
- Georgia
  - Union County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Camp Creek [Union County].
- Kansas
  - Coffey County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Camp Creek [Coffey County].
  - Osage County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Camp Creek [Osage County].
- Kentucky
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Camp Creek [Pike County].
- North Carolina
  - Burke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Camp Creek [Burke County].
- Ohio
  - Stark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Camp Creek [Stark County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Camp Creek [Lane County].
- South Carolina
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Camp Creek [Lancaster County].
- Tennessee
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Camp Creek [Greene County].
- Virginia
  - Floyd County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Camp Creek [Floyd County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Camp Creek ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Camp Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Camp Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/12604 (Place Name: Camp Creek)

County: Mercer (FIPS State/County: 54/055)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Camp 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County.

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>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Camp Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/