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History · Nances Creek

Nances Creek’s post office opened in 1891, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1891first post office
0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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How Nances Creek began

When was Nances Creek founded?

1891

The Nances Creek post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 399135 years
Founding year: the first Nances Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nances Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Nances Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Nances Creek’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nances Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Nances Creek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nances Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Nances Creek is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nances Creek had a population of 399.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 407 in 2010, 399 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Nances Creek, 1891 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Nances Creek post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Nances Creek post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Nances Creek on the map, 1967 to 2001

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Nances Creek. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Nances Creek on the 1967 USGS mapNances Creek on the 1975 USGS mapNances Creek on the 1983 USGS mapNances Creek on the 2001 USGS map1967Jacksonville East sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nances Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Nances Creek

Nobody well known was born in Nances Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Michael BiehnAmerican actor · b. 1956
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YelawolfAmerican rapper · b. 1979
Beth GrantAmerican actress · b. 1949
Roy MooreAmerican jurist and politician · b. 1947
Ruth ElderAmerican pilot and actress · b. 1902
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Mathew KnowlesAmerican music executive, businessman, record p… · b. 1952
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Nances Creek had its own post office from 1891 to 1901.

Nances Creek
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18901960today
Gone or out of use
Nances Creek Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Nances Creek
Nances Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Nances Creek’s history

What year was Nances Creek founded?

The Nances Creek post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.