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Welcome to Pigeon Creek ...

Pigeon Creek is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pigeon Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

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

Pigeon Creek is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Pigeon Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pigeon Creek - they are located in Indiana and Ohio.

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

Communities near Pigeon Creek ...

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

  • Greenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Luverne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Georgiana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Brantley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • McKenzie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Level
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Red Level is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Rutledge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Dozier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gantt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Gantt is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Glenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pigeon Creek ...

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

Adding Pigeon Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pigeon 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 (so far) for Pigeon Creek was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pigeon Creek - 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 Pigeon Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Pigeon Creek 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.