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Welcome to Cove Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Cove Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cove Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cove Creek, please Contact Us.


Cove Creek would have been located within present day Hot Spring County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cove Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cove Creek is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Cove Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Cove Creek was located: 501

Communities Also Named Cove Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Cove Creek - they are located in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee (2), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Cove Creek ...

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

  • Hot Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Benton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Malvern
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Malvern is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malvern <4>
  • Haskell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Pine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Fountain Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Traskwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Traskwood is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
  • Tull
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tull is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
  • Midway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Midway is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people

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

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

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

Adding Cove Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cove Creek post office opened in 1878. The Cove Creek post office closed in 1878.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cove Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Hot Spring, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cove Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/