Coal Creek (Ind.)
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Name (Latin)
Coal Creek (Ind.)
Other forms of name
Headleys Mills (Ind.)
Snoopys Mills (Ind.)
Snoddys Mills (Ind.)
Coordinates
W0872250 W0872250 N0400211 N0400211 (gnis )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GNIS, 15 July 1998(Coal Creek, Fountain County, Ind.; ppl.; 40°02ʹ11ʺN, 087°22ʹ50ʺW; variant names Headleys Mills, Snoopys Mills)
- Smith, L. Memory album of Miss Lizzy Smith, 1854-1862:(Coal Creek, Fountain County, Ind.)
- GNIS, 15 July 1998(Coal Creek, Fountain County, Ind.; ppl.; 40p0s02ʹ11ʺN, 087p0s22ʹ50ʺW; variant names Headleys Mills, Snoopys Mills)
- From Needmore to Prosperity, c1995(post office est. Jan. 23, 1840 as Headleys Mills; changed to Snoddys Mills on Feb. 24, 1864; changed to Coal Creek on July 11, 1888; post office closed May 16, 1899)
Wikipedia description:
Coal Creek is an unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana, originally established as "Headley's Mills." According to Records of the U.S. Post Office Department, the name was changed by postmaster Samuel I. Snoddy to "Snoddy's Mills" on 24 October 1864, then changed again by postmaster John D. Orahood to "Coal Creek" on 11 July 1888. The namesake body of water Coal Creek was so named from deposits of coal along its banks.
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