Do you know of Sand Creek ???

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

We found mention of Sand Creek as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named Sand Creek ...

We found eight communities that share the name Sand Creek.

Within West Virginia, the name Sand Creek is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Adams County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sand Creek [Adams County].
- Indiana
  - Parke County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sand Creek [Parke County].
- Kansas
  - Harvey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sand Creek [Harvey County].
- Michigan
  - Lenawee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sand Creek [Lenawee County].
- Montana
  - McCone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Sand Creek [McCone County].
- Nebraska
  - Saunders County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sand Creek [Saunders County].
- Oklahoma
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Sand Creek [Grant County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dunn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sand Creek [Dunn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sand Creek ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Sand Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/71572 (Place Name: Sand Creek)

County: Lincoln (FIPS State/County: 54/043)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Sand 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.

Alfred	Longfellow

Branchfield	MacCorkle
	Mud
Coalville
Cossie	Rector
Curtis
	Sioto
Jefferson	Sugar Tree

Laverne	Warren

Footnotes ...

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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 Sand 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.