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Welcome to Reed Creek ...

Reed Creek is located in Hart County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reed Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

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

Reed Creek is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Reed Creek ...

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

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

Websites for Reed Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hart-chamber.org/

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

Communities near Reed Creek ...

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

  • Anderson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson is located in Anderson County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,701 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <4>
  • Clemson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemson
    • Clemson is located in Pickens County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,780 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clemson <4>
  • Seneca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
    • Seneca is located in Oconee County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,564 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <4>
  • Hartwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pendleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Westminster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Royston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavonia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavonia
    • Lavonia is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavonia <4>
  • Iva
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
    • Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <4>
  • Franklin Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Reed Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reed Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reed Creek ...

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

Adding Reed Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Reed Creek post office opened in 1870.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Hart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Reed 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 Reed Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Reed 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/