Welcome to Snake Creek ...So far, we found very little information about Snake Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Snake Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Snake Creek, please Contact Us. Snake Creek would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Snake Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. A typical abbreviation for Snake Creek: Snake Crk. (or less commonly used: Snake Ck. or Snake Cr.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Snake Creek is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Snake Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Snake Creek (for example, toward Euthtilloga (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Codes where Snake Creek was located: 256 & 938<4> Communities Also Named Snake Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Snake Creek - they are located in Florida, Oklahoma, Quebec, South Dakota and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Snake Creek. Communities near Snake Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Snake Creek.
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 Snake Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Snake Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Snake 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 Snake Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Snake Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Snake Creek. Adding Snake Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Snake Creek 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 (so far) for Snake Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Snake Creek. Footnotes ...
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