Narrow Creek
A historical populated place in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
Former cove on E end of Esther Island 0.6 mi NW of Madaket; Town of Nantucket.
GNIS historical note
This feature was included on Nantucket Island beforeEsther Island was formed. The inlet was shown on surveys and maps in 1887 and 1899 and has been subsequently filled in by ocean currents. Narrow Creek Pond and an unnamed marsh are the vestiges of this feature (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) files).
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 619336. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.