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Welcome to Defeated Creek ...Defeated Creek is located in Letcher County<1>. The location of Defeated 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 Defeated Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. A typical abbreviation for Defeated Creek: Defeated Crk. (or less commonly used: Defeated Ck. or Defeated Cr.) Defeated Creek is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Defeated Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Defeated Creek is located in the (606) area code. Communities near Defeated Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Defeated Creek.
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 Defeated Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Defeated Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Defeated 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 Defeated Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Defeated Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Defeated Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Defeated Creek ...Looking for more information about Defeated 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 Defeated Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Defeated Creek. Adding Defeated Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Defeated 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 Defeated Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Defeated Creek on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Defeated Creek. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Defeated Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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