Welcome to Broad Creek ...Broad Creek is located in Sussex County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Broad Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. A typical abbreviation for Broad Creek: Broad Crk. (or less commonly used: Broad Ck. or Broad Cr.) Broad Creek is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Broad Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Broad Creek: 302 Communities Also Named Broad Creek ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Broad Creek - they are located in Maryland (2), North Carolina and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Broad Creek. Communities near Broad Creek ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Broad 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 Broad Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Broad Creek. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Broad 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 Broad Creek. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Broad Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Broad Creek. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Broad Creek ...Looking for more information about Broad 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 Broad Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Broad Creek. Adding Broad Creek to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Broad 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 Broad Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Broad Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Broad Creek. Footnotes ...
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