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Welcome to Longcreek ...So far, we found very little information about Longcreek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Longcreek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Longcreek, please Contact Us. Longcreek would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>. The location of Longcreek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Longcreek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Longcreek is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Longcreek was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Longcreek once stood is in the (540) area code. Communities Also Named Longcreek ...For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Longcreek. Communities near Longcreek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Longcreek.
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 Longcreek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Longcreek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Longcreek. 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 Longcreek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Longcreek. See our Newspapers Page for Longcreek. Adding Longcreek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Longcreek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Longcreek was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Longcreek. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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