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Welcome to Creek Stand ...

Creek Stand is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Creek Stand, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Creek Stand is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Creek Stand lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Creek Stand (for example, toward Cusseta Heights (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Creek Stand: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Creek Stand ...

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

  • Tuskegee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hurtsboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Midway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Midway is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Society Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Society Hill is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
  • Armstrong
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Armstrong is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • Hatchechubbee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
  • Marvyn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Marvyn is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
  • Rutherford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutherford is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
  • Fort Davis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Creek Stand ...

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

Adding Creek Stand to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Creek Stand 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 (so far) for Creek Stand was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Creek Stand post office opened in 1850. The Creek Stand post office closed in 1921.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Creek Stand - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Creek Stand area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Creek Stand area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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