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Welcome to Gold Creek ...

Gold Creek is located in Faulkner County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

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

Gold Creek is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gold Creek: 501

Communities Also Named Gold Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Gold Creek - they are located in Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon.

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

Communities near Gold Creek ...

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

  • Conway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Conway is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <3>
  • North Little Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sherwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Maumelle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Greenbrier
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Vilonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayflower
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wooster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Plumerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold Creek ...

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

Adding Gold Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold 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 Gold Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gold Creek post office opened in 1879. The Gold Creek post office closed in 1880.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Faulkner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gold Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/