Welcome to Nettle Creek ...

Nettle Creek is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nettle Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

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

Nettle Creek is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Nettle Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Nettle Creek: (815) and (779)<3>

Websites for Nettle Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.grundychamber.com/

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

Communities near Nettle Creek ...

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

• Yorkville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorkville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
  • Yorkville is located in Kendall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yorkville <5>
• Ottawa
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
  • Ottawa is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <5>
• Shorewood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
  • Shorewood is located in Will County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,495 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shorewood <5>
• Morris
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
  • Morris is located in Grundy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morris <5>
• Channahon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Channahon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channahon
  • Channahon is located in Grundy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Channahon <5>
• Plano
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plano have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
  • Plano is located in Kendall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plano <5>
• Minooka
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minooka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
  • Minooka is located in Grundy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,456 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minooka <5>
• Sandwich
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
  • Sandwich is located in DeKalb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandwich <5>
• Coal City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
  • Coal City is located in Grundy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coal City <5>
• Marseilles
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marseilles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marseilles
  • Marseilles is located in La Salle County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,778 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marseilles <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nettle Creek ...

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

Adding Nettle Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nettle Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Nettle Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Nettle Creek post office opened in 1875.

We also found Nettle Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nettle Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grundy County: www.grundyco.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov