Welcome to Rough Creek ...

Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rough Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

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

Rough Creek is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Rough Creek is located in the (434) area code.

Communities near Rough Creek ...

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

• Appomattox
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appomattox
  • Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appomattox <3>
• Brookneal
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookneal
  • Brookneal is located in Campbell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookneal <3>
• Keysville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysville
  • Keysville is located in Charlotte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keysville <3>
• Charlotte Court House
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Court House
  • Charlotte Court House is located in Charlotte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte Court House <3>
• Drakes Branch
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakes Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Branch
  • Drakes Branch is located in Charlotte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drakes Branch <3>
• Pamplin City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamplin City
  • Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pamplin City <3>
• Clover
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover is located in Halifax County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <3>
• Cullen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
  • Cullen is located in Charlotte County
• Aspenwall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
  • Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
• Darlington Heights
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
  • Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rough Creek ...

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

Adding Rough Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rough 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 Rough Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rough Creek post office opened in 1849.

We also found Rough Creek in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Charlotte County: www.co.charlotte.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/