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Welcome to Mossy Creek ...

Mossy Creek is located in White County<1>.

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

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

Mossy Creek is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mossy Creek: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Mossy Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mossy Creek - it's located in Virginia.

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

Websites for Mossy Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.whitecountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mossy Creek, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Mossy Creek ...

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

  • Gainesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Willow ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
  • Dahlonega
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Cornelia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Baldwin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hargrove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargrove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
    • Hargrove is located in Hall County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
  • Lula
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Demorest
    (8 miles [12.9 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 Mossy Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mossy Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mossy Creek ...

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

Adding Mossy Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mossy 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 Mossy Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mossy Creek post office opened in 1879.

We also found Mossy Creek on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mossy 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Mossy Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Mossy 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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