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Welcome to Willow Creek ...

Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Willow Creek, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

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

Willow Creek is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Willow Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Willow Creek is within the (607) area code.

Websites for Willow Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Willow Creek, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Willow Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Willow Creek - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada (2), New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah (3), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Willow Creek ...

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

  • Ithaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
  • Lansing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
  • Cayuga Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Groton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dryden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
    • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <4>
  • Watkins Glen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
    • Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
    • Former names for Watkins Glen:
    • Jefferson
    • Salubria
    • Watkins
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <4>
  • Trumansburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Montour Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montour Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour Falls
    • Montour Falls is located in Schuyler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,592 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montour Falls <4>
  • Moravia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Aurora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Willow Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Willow 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 Willow Creek.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Creek ...

Looking for more information about Willow 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 Willow Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Willow Creek.

Adding Willow Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willow 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 Willow Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Willow Creek post office opened in 1874.

We also found Willow Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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

The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Tompkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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