Welcome to Village Creek ...

Village Creek is located in Allamakee County<1>.

The location of Village Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Village Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Village Creek: Village Crk. (or less commonly used: Village Ck. or Village Cr.)

Village Creek is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Village Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Village Creek: (563)

Communities Also Named Village Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Village Creek - they are located in Alabama and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Village Creek.

Communities near Village Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Village Creek.

• Prairie du Chien
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Chien
  • Prairie du Chien is located in Crawford County (WI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,531 people
• Waukon
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon
  • Waukon is located in Allamakee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,600 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waukon <4>
• Monona
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
  • Monona is located in Clayton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,462 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monona <4>
• Lansing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lansing is located in Allamakee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
• McGregor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGregor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
  • McGregor is located in Clayton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGregor <4>
• Gays Mills
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
  • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County (WI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
• New Albin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albin
  • New Albin is located in Allamakee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Albin <4>
• Marquette
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
  • Marquette is located in Clayton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marquette <4>
• Eastman
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
  • Eastman is located in Crawford County (WI)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
• Harpers Ferry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
  • Harpers Ferry is located in Allamakee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harpers Ferry <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Village Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Village Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Village Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Village Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Village Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Village Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Village Creek ...

Looking for more information about Village Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Village Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Village Creek.

Adding Village Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Village Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Village Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Village Creek post office opened in 1858.

We also found Village Creek in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Village Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Village Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Allamakee County: www.co.allamakee.ia.us/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/