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Welcome to Peters Creek ...

Peters Creek is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peters Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

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

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Peters Creek for more information about variations on the name of Peters Creek.

Peters Creek is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Peters Creek: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Peters Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Peters Creek - they are located in Alaska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Peters Creek ...

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

  • Marion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Sturgis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sturgis is located in Union County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <4>
  • Shawneetown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rosiclare
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Golconda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Equality
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village
  • Elizabethtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Shawneetown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peters Creek ...

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

Adding Peters Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peters Creek post office opened in 1891. The Peters Creek post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hardin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peters 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Peters Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Peters 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/