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Welcome to Turtle Creek ...

Turtle Creek is located in Hillsborough County<1>.

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

Turtle Creek is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Turtle Creek: 813 & 656<3>

Communities Also Named Turtle Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Turtle Creek - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, New Brunswick, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Turtle Creek ...

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

  • Tampa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Tampa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <4>
  • Clearwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Pinellas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,552 people
    • Former name for Clearwater:
    • Clear Water Harbor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <4>
  • Largo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Largo is located in Pinellas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,681 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Largo <4>
  • Pinellas Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunedin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Temple Terrace
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tarpon Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Safety Harbor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • New Port Richey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oldsmar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turtle Creek ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hillsborough, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turtle 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 813 code has been Overlayed with the 656 area code. New phone numbers in the Turtle Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 813 or 656. As a result, placing a call in the Turtle 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.