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Welcome to Smith Creek ...

Smith Creek is located in Wakulla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smith Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

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

Smith Creek is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Smith Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Smith Creek (for example, toward Wewahitchka), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Smith Creek: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Smith Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Smith Creek - they are located in Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Smith Creek ...

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

  • Sopchoppy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Curtis Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
  • Telogia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Central City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Central City is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
  • Hosford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crawfordville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Panacea
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanark Village
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Saint Teresa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakulla Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smith Creek ...

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

Adding Smith Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Smith Creek post office opened in 1872. The Smith Creek post office closed in 1930.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Wakulla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smith Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Smith Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Smith Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/