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Welcome to Cedar Creek ...

Cedar Creek is located in Gila County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Cedar Creek (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1946.

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

Cedar Creek is 4,920 feet [1,500 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cedar Creek is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cedar Creek lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Cedar Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Cedar Creek - they are located in Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cedar Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedar 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 Cedar Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Creek.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Creek ...

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

Adding Cedar Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Creek post office opened in 1946.

We also found Cedar Creek on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gila County: www.co.gila.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Gila, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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