Welcome to Spring Creek ...

Spring Creek is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Creek, 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.

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

Spring Creek is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The area code for Spring Creek: (540)

Communities Also Named Spring Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Spring Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (7), Texas (4), Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Spring Creek ...

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

• Harrisonburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisonburg
  • Harrisonburg is located in Harrisonburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,204 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisonburg <3>
• Staunton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
  • Staunton is located in Staunton City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Staunton <3>
• Bridgewater
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
  • Bridgewater is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgewater <3>
• Broadway
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway
  • Broadway is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,995 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadway <3>
• Grottoes
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grottoes
  • Grottoes is located in Augusta County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grottoes <3>
• Dayton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
  • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <3>
• Mount Crawford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crawford
  • Mount Crawford is located in Rockingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Crawford <3>
• Lilly
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Lilly is located in Rockingham County
• Mount Solon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Solon
  • Mount Solon is located in Augusta County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Solon <3>
• Coakley Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coakley Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coakley Town
  • Coakley Town is located in Rockingham 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 Spring Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spring Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Creek ...

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

Adding Spring Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring 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 Spring Creek was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/

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